MADRID: Calm seas and gentle winds associated with the late summer in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa has prompted a renewed surge of migrants heading to the Canary Islands, local authorities said on Thursday (Sep 19).
Migrants are treated by Red Cross volunteers after disembarking from a Spanish coast guard vessel at the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain , on Aug 28, 2024. MADRID: Calm seas and gentle winds associated with the late summer in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa has prompted a renewed surge of migrants heading to the Canary Islands, local authorities said on Thursday .
The flow of migrants to the Spanish archipelago, which has 2.2 million inhabitants, has raised tensions between the regional administration and the central government over the care of about 5,000 underage migrants. PP's leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo met Italy's Prime Minister Meloni on Thursday. In the past, he has praised her hard line on migration.
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