Hundreds of migrant boats to the Canary Islands
2020-10-10T21:36:45.621Z
Stricter controls along the Mediterranean coast of Morocco are forcing smugglers and migrants further south. But the alternative on the Atlantic is longer and more risky. From Thursday to Saturday, 1,015 migrants in 485 boats arrived on the islands of the Spanish archipelago. During the crisis in 2006, more than 30,000 migrants came to the Canary Islands.
Source: svt