Canaries, the new Lampedusa?

Migrants from Morocco escorted by Spanish police after arriving on the coast of the Canary Islands on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. AP Photo / Javier Bauluz

By: Noémie Lehouelleur

1 min

Over 11,000 migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands since the start of the year.

These Spanish islands had not experienced such a migratory crisis for more than ten years.

A figure again, in last October alone, nearly 5,000 arrivals were recorded.

In addition to the health crisis, the Spanish authorities are struggling to cope.

Between boondoggles, breaches of the law and fed up with the local population, the situation there is chaotic.

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