Emergency companies on the Spanish Canary Islands say that greater than 650 migrants reached El Hierro island in 5 massive wood boats over the previous two days
Migrants arrive at Puerto del Rosario on the Canary island of Fuerteventura, Spain, Tuesday Oct. 3, 2023. Emergency companies on the Spanish Canary Islands say greater than 500 migrants have reached the close by island of Hierro in 4 massive wood boats since Monday. One of many boats was carrying 280 migrants. (Europa Press through AP)
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MADRID — Emergency companies on the Spanish Canary Islands stated Wednesday that greater than 650 migrants reached El Hierro island in 5 massive wood boats over the previous two days.
One among 4 boats that arrived Tuesday was carrying 280 migrants, the islands’ emergency service stated on X, previously often known as Twitter. The state information company EFE stated it was the most important quantity in a single boat since human traffickers started to repeatedly use the Canary Island route in 1994.
Three different boats carrying greater than 200 migrants additionally arrived at El Herro on Tuesday whereas one other vessel carrying 128 migrants arrived Wednesday. Solely 5 of the migrants wanted medical remedy.
A whole bunch of different migrants have been intercepted making an attempt to achieve different islands within the archipelago, positioned off the northwest coast of Africa, and elsewhere on mainland Spain in latest days.
Migrants arriving by boat to Spain spend as much as 72 hours in police custody, for identification, then are moved into varied reception or detention facilities relying on their instances. Though some are deported, most apply for asylum and are taken to mainland Spain for his or her petitions to be studied.
In the long run, many are freed and ordered to go away Spain in the event that they don’t get asylum.
Spain’s Inside Ministry says practically 15,000 migrants reached the Canary Islands by boat from Jan 1 to Sept 30, 2023. That’s a 20% enhance from identical interval final 12 months. Most departed from Senegal.
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