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“An unprecedented emergency” Spain’s Ombudsman demands that the Interior Ministry not prevent the departure of migrants from the Canary Islands
The Ombudsman, Francisco Fernández Marugán, tasked, as the Public Defender, to investigate...
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On The Canary Route this year at least one person dies at sea, on average, every 32 hours
Air Force photograph showing twelve survivors and five deceased on board a cuyaco located in...
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Las Palmas judgement concludes that migrants can legally travel from the Canary Islands to the Peninsula, with just their passport and an asylum request
A passport and an asylum application are sufficient documents for any migrant to legally travel...
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Nearly 50 arrests as part of Gran Canaria Policia Nacional investigation against people trafficking to The Canary Islands
The police raids across the South of Gran Canaria, on Friday, as part of a cross border...
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Secret police operation makes 30 arrests since coordinated raids across south of Gran Canaria on Friday
Reporting: Timon .:. Cover Image: Bård Ove MyhrSpanish National Police have so far detained a...
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Exclusive: Spanish police raids in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria and Arguineguín, with Europol, result in at least 15 people detained suspected of people trafficking
There were at least 15 people detained in a combined operation between Spanish police and the EU...
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Canary Islands working with Spain to better share responsibility for migrant minors, and employment rights for government workers, taking control of coastal management and planning
Ángel Víctor Torres, the President of the Canary Islands, met in Madrid this Tuesday with...
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Fourteen men arrested by National Police including the skippers of seven boats that recently arrived on the coasts of Gran Canaria and Lanzarote
Spanish National Police have arrested a total of fourteen men on Gran Canaria and Lanzarote as...
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Migratory flows headed for the Canary Islands continue to worry the Regional Government who fear “a constant humanitarian crisis”
Migratory flows, headed for the Canary Islands, continue to worry the Canary Islands Government,...
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50 more feared perished at sea as Maritime Rescue search the ocean in response to warnings and a distress call from a sinking rubber boat
The Salvamento Maritime Rescue search plane that has been tracking the 100km-wide strip of ocean...
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Maritime Rescue operations have increased this week, with all indicators pointing to greater numbers attempting the crossing by boat in 2021
As the springtime arrives and the weather becomes less hostile, so The Canary Islands, and the...
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Mogán electoral corruption investigation into serving mayor risks stalling, complain witnesses ready to testify
The current serving mayor of Gran Canaria’s tourism hotspot of Mogán, Onalia Bueno (Ciuca,...
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First group unaccompanied foreign minors transferred to Castilla y León
A group of ten unaccompanied foreign minors were transferred this Wednesday to Spain’s...
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Bone age determination tests on hundreds of young migrants have shown that adults were being accommodated in juvenile facilities
Bone age determination tests are being carried out on hundreds of young migrants, and some...
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500 migrants are still pending medical determination of whether they are adults or minors
Around 500 migrants, who arrived irregularly to the Canary Islands archipelago, from the African...
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Policia Nacional arrest the skippers of seven boats that recently arrived on the shores of Gran Canaria
Policia Nacional arrest thirteen men and one woman on Gran Canaria, all between the ages of 19 and...
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