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On August 27, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited three West African countries, Mauritania, Gambia and Senegal, as the country struggles to cope with a wave of migration.
Almost every day, the Spanish Coast Guard rescues a boat carrying dozens of migrants from Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands. Located just 100km from the nearest northwestern African coast, the Canary Islands (seven islands in the Atlantic Ocean) and Spain tend to be a stopover point for West African migrants heading to France and other European countries. The head of the Canary region, Fernando Clavijo, has warned that the Canary Islands are on the brink of “collapse”, with the number of migrants predicted to reach 50,000 this year.
Ahead of the trip, on August 22, Prime Minister Sanchez met with the head of the Canary region, Clavijo. During the meeting, Mr. Clavijo called on the European Union (EU) to do more "so that the Canary Islands do not have to bear the entire migration pressure of Europe alone."
In addition to the Canary Islands, Spain’s Ceuta and Melilla are also considered migration hotspots on the EU’s southern border. These two regions have also seen a sharp increase in migrant arrivals in recent weeks.
According to the Spanish Interior Ministry, 22,304 migrants from West Africa have arrived in the Canary Islands since the beginning of the year, an increase of 126% compared to the same period last year (reaching 9,864 people). Meanwhile, in Spain as a whole, this figure is 31,155 people, an increase of 66.2% compared to 18,745 people in the same period last year. The number of migrants from West Africa arriving in this country is expected to continue to increase this fall when weather conditions are more favorable for traveling across the Atlantic.
