Report: Spain’s Civil Guard Warns of Record Migrant Surge Into Canary Islands
19th August 2024
Illegal immigration into Spain’s Canary Islands “remains at extreme levels” and will almost certainly get worse in the second half of August, a Civil Guard report has said.
The number of arrivals is on the verge of breaking the all-time record, and will soon likely pass 30,000 so far this year. The report, seen by Spanish outlet La Gaceta, says this could happen in the coming weeks after 2,200 illegal migrants arrived in July.
That number was the highest total for a July since 2006, when 2,260 arrived.