Fence in 57,000 immigrants irregularly entered the Spain last year, almost twice as much as recorded in 2022, and the arrivals through the Canary Islands in fragile inWest African vessels reached record levelsins, official data showed this Wednesday (3).
The Spanish government intensified its contacts last year with authoritiesins in countries such as Senegal and Mauritania in an attempt in reverse the trend. A Spain also needed to create additional accommodation in inemergency for immigrants in military barracks, hotels and hostels in All country.
A total in 56,852 immigrants illegally entered the Spain by land or sea in 2023a grown up in 82% in compared to the previous year and the largest number insin 2018, when 64,298 arrivals were registered, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior.
The minister in Immigration, Elma Saiz, visited the archipelago on Tuesday to meet with an officialinjust to carry the messagein in that, according to her, they “are not alone” in dealing with the influx.
The seven islands lie 100 kilometers off the northwest coast of Africa and have become the main indestination in immigrants of Senegal and in other African countries trying to reach Spain in search in a better life or running away in conflicts.
Source: CNN Brasil
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