A Spanish rescue boat in the Canary Island port of Los Cristianos, Spain on Monday, April 3, 2006. “The families are very worried. There about 300 people from the same area of Senegal.

Some 10,800 people had arrived via the Atlantic to the Canary Islands by mid-May, down by 34% compared to the same period in 2024. Follow the AP’s coverage of migration issues at https://apnews ...

The Canary Islands Route recorded a second consecutive annual high in 2024, its almost 47,000 arrivals accounting for 73% of irregular migration to Spain, according to the country's Interior Ministry.