Record number of migrants, refugees reached Canary Islands by sea in 2024 | Migration News

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Spain received 63,970 migrants and refugess who arrived through irregular routes last year, including 46,843 people in the Canary Islands.

At least 46,843 people reached Spain’s Canary Islands in 2024 through the increasingly deadly Atlantic migration route, the country’s interior ministry has said.

The European country received 63,970 migrants who arrived through irregular routes last year, the vast majority in the Atlantic archipelago, up from 56,852 in 2023, the ministry said on Thursday.

EU border agency Frontex noted that irregular crossings into the bloc from January to November…



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