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Migrants arrive in the Canary Islands after crossings from Morocco and Senegal, while a Gambian migrant is buried there.
3 articles from 21 October to 23 October 2026 · 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇲🇦 Morocco, 🌍 World
Two pirogues that left Saint-Louis landed 228 migrants on El Hierro in the Canary Islands, including six women and six minors. They arrived after a seven-day crossing, with no health problems reported, according to Spanish rescue services and accounts from passengers.
Source: Seneweb
Two pirogues that left Saint-Louis landed 228 migrants on El Hierro in the Canary Islands, including six women and six minors. They arrived after a seven-day crossing, with no health problems reported, according to Spanish rescue services and accounts from passengers.
🇸🇳 Senegal · 08:45
Between 16 August and 15 October, 4,162 migrants reached the Canary Islands by sea, while the average daily rate rose from 21 to 68. Twenty-five of the 49 boats arriving since 14 September, carrying 1,561 migrants, departed from Moroccan ports, according to Spanish Interior Ministry data reported by Yabiladi.
🇲🇦 Morocco · 10:41
A 26-year-old Gambian migrant was buried at the municipal cemetery of El Pinar, on the Spanish island of El Hierro, after dying during an Atlantic crossing. He was among the 131 people rescued from a boat, according to the organisation Ebrima Migrants Situation and local authorities.
🇪🇸 Spain · 20:35
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