2024 Trafficking in Persons Report: Spain - U.S. Department of State
The rising numbers of undocumented migrants arriving by sea, especially departing from Mauritania, Morrocco, and Senegal, including to the Canary Islands, are vulnerable to trafficking. Unaccompanied migrant children continue to be vulnerable to sex trafficking and forced begging.
2021 Trafficking in Persons Report: Spain - U.S. Department of State
The rising numbers of newly arrived irregular migrants, including 23,000 to the Canary Islands in 2020, are vulnerable to trafficking. Nigerian criminal networks recruit victims in migrant reception centers in Italy for forced prostitution in Spain.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Spain - U.S. Department of State
The rising numbers of newly arrived undocumented migrants, including 15,682 to the Canary Islands in 2022, are vulnerable to trafficking. Unaccompanied migrant children continue to be vulnerable to sex trafficking and forced begging.
More than 40 Pakistanis feared drowned in the capsizing of a …
7 hours ago · The islands are roughly 65 miles (105 kilometers) from the closest point in Africa, but to avoid security forces, many migrants attempt longer journeys that can take days or weeks.
The Canary Islands are overwhelmed with thousands of ... - PBS
Jul 23, 2024 · Health workers dealing with migrants arriving on Spain’s Canary Islands try to understand if the tears are from illness, injury or, as is often the case, from pure shock. WATCH: As global...
The resurgence of maritime irregular migration to the Canary Islands
Dec 14, 2022 · Over the last two years, the level of irregular migration from West and North Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands has surged. Between January 2020 and late October 2022, 60 427 migrants disembarked in the Canary Islands, compared to 9 520 between January 2009 and December 2019.
Migrant arrivals to Spain's Canaries jump by over 1,000% in January
MADRID, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The number of migrants from West Africa who braved the sea in fragile boats to reach Spain's Canary Islands jumped more than 1,000% in January from a year ago, data...
Facing The Waves: The Migration Crisis To The Canary Islands
Dec 9, 2024 · The Canary Islands, the southernmost region of Spain consisting of seven islands, is facing a migration and humanitarian crisis at its shores. The islands have become the destination for the migration route from West Africa to Spain through the Atlantic.
Boat Drivers and Smuggling Networks: New UNODC Research …
Aug 9, 2022 · Canary Islands (Spain), 9 August 2022 - In the final months of 2020, when the world was still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of smuggled people arrived on the Canary Islands of Spain, in numbers not seen on the islands for over a decade.
Over 40 Pakistanis Feared Drowned After Migrant Boat ... - Oneindia
7 hours ago · According to a Spain-based migrant rights group, Walking Borders, 50 individuals perished en route to the Canary Islands, with 44 of them being Pakistanis. The journey began on 2 January.