Number of migrants reaching Spain’s Canary Islands breaks all-time record

– The number of migrants reaching Spain’s Canary Islands by dangerous ships from West Africa hit an all-time annual record with 41,425 arrivals between January 1 and November 30 this year, Interior Ministry figures showed on Monday. Seven islands off the Atlantic coast of northwestern Africa are struggling to absorb the influx of irregular migrants seeking better opportunities in Europe., who are looking for better opportunities in Europe by boat. Record numbers have been seen on the front lines of Europe’s struggle to curb migration. Mali, according to the latest figures from the EU’s border agency Frontex, up to October, Senegal and Morocco were the top three nationalities of migrants arriving in the Canaries. 2018 in Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia.