Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Boat with 280 migrants on board lands in Canary Islands

migrants lands in Canary Islands

A boat with 280 migrants on board lands in the Canary Islands. The migrants were of sub-Saharan African origin. This route has become increasingly popular in recent years. A small boat carrying 280 migrants has reached Spain’s Canary Islands, making it the largest group of migrants to arrive on the remote island of El Hierro, … Read more

Spain: Wildfires force evacuation of 3,000 on Tenerife

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A wildfire broke out near Mount Teide volcano in Tenerife, Spain. The fire has forced the evacuation of about 3,800 people. Firefighters are battling the blaze with 17 aircraft. About 3,800 individuals were evacuated due to a challenging wildfire in a mountainous national park on Tenerife Island in Spain. The fire, which emerged near Mount … Read more

Family files legal action over mother’s death in Tenerife crash

Tenerife

British woman killed in Tenerife in a hit-and-run. Her family has filed a lawsuit in protest of the judge’s decision. To end the police investigation. The family of a British woman who was killed in Tenerife in what they believe to be a hit-and-run has filed a lawsuit in protest of the judge’s decision to … Read more

More than 40 migrants drown off Western Sahara: charity

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According to migrant relief organization Caminando Fronteras, at least 44 migrants drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Western Sahara on Sunday. Helena Maleno of the agency tweeted that 12 others survived the disaster, which occurred when the boat sank off the coast of Cap Boujdour. The survivors were arrested, Maleno wrote. The bodies … Read more

Spain rescues migrants off Canary Islands

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MADRID: According to the Spanish coastguard, at least one person was killed and 24 were missing when a boat carrying migrants collapsed in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain’s Canary Islands on Tuesday. The boat left from Cap Boujdour in Western Sahara with 61 passengers on board, but rescuers only discovered 36 alive overnight, according to … Read more