Spain pledges €50mil for Canary Islands migrant surge

Since October, around 4,000 migrants have been reaching the Canaries each week.

Migrants sit huddled in blankets on the dock in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain.

The aid will also support more than 4,000 unaccompanied children and teenagers under the care of local authorities. On Thursday, 59 migrants – including 11 women and a baby – were taken to Arguineguin port in Gran Canaria after being rescued from a dinghy, a Reuters witness reported. During a visit to El Hierro, the westernmost and tiniest island, migration minister Jose Luis Escriva said the situation was “unprecedented”, and that El Hierro in particular was experiencing an “extraordinary flow”.

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