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☆ Planes, tails and mid-flight snacks -Spain's Vueling rolls out pet treats
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A dog sits as tourists at Gran Canaria airport queue to return to their countries after the closure of hotels during the health emergency of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsDec 4 (Reuters) - Spanish low-cost airline Vueling has started offering treats for pets as part of the buy-on-board menu on its flights, it said on Monday, adding that it was the first such initiative in Europe. A significant part of Vueling's customer base travels with pets and there is demand for such a service, the airline said. "We are trying to be diverse," it added. ($1 = 0.9249 euros)Reporting by Jakub Olesiuk, editing by Andrei Khalip and Susan FentonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Vueling, Jakub Olesiuk, Andrei Khalip, Susan Fenton Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Edgard, Cooper, Thomson Locations: Gran, Spain, Europe, Belgian

[1/5] Several volunteers give Spanish classes to migrants outside the Las Raices Camp in La Laguna, Spain, November 5, 2023. The mix-up shows just how overwhelmed the Spanish archipelago is, Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo told Reuters, after a record 32,000 migrants came so far this year. At Tenerife's Las Raices adult migrants' centre in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Camara and his friend from the voyage, 16-year-old Modou Lamin Jarju from Gambia, sat around with dozens of other west Africans. Reuters GraphicsOne of the most strained of the eight Canary Islands is El Hierro, its population of 9,000 more than matched by the arrival of 11,000 migrants this year. At its largest minors' centre on a recent day, some 300 children ate breakfast on a basketball court before Spanish lessons.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Moussa Camara, Camara, Classing, Fernando Clavijo, Fran Morenilla, Salaoum Colley, Amparo Morales, Clavijo, El Hierro, Corina Pons, Horaci Garcia, Charlie Devereux, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: REUTERS, CRISTOBAL, LA LAGUNA, Reuters, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Las, Amnesty, Canaries, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Camara, Thomson Locations: La Laguna, Spain, Guinea, Europe, Islands, Spanish, Almeria, Canary, San Cristobal de La, Jarju, Gambia, El Hierro, European Union, Africa, Senegal

☆ Migrants reaching Spain's Canary Islands near 32,000 this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rescue workers search for bodies after a boat with 46 migrants from the Maghreb region capsized in the beach of Orzola, in the Canary Island of Lanzarote, Spain June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Nearly 32,000 migrants have reached Spain's Canary Islands on fragile boats from west Africa this year, passing a previous record posted in 2006, regional authorities said on Sunday. Fernando Clavijo, the Canary Islands regional chief, said the figures showed the scale of the humanitarian crisis faced by the islands and called for more help from the Spanish government and the European Union. Its seven islands have become the main destination for migrants from Senegal and other African countries trying to reach Spain, fleeing conflict or seeking a better life. The Spanish government said it would create additional emergency accommodation for some 3,000 migrants in military barracks, hotels and hostels.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Fernando Clavijo, Graham Keeley, Giles Elgood Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Canaries, Reuters, Spanish coastguard, Spanish Civil Guard, Canary, European Union, State, Thomson Locations: Maghreb, Orzola, Lanzarote, Spain, Rights MADRID, Africa, El Hierro, EU, Africa's, Senegal

☆ Spain to create emergency accommodation for 3,000 migrants
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Spain said on Thursday it would create additional emergency accommodation for 3,000 undocumented migrants in military barracks, hotels and hostels amid a 55% jump in arrivals by sea this year, which has triggered political tension. Escriva declined to disclose how many additional beds will be created, but a ministry source told Reuters it would be around 3,000 in total. But this time the central government's approach has been to expand emergency accommodations across the country, hoping to ease pressure on the Canaries. Following police screenings, migrants will be placed in the military barracks, hotels, hostels and other types of accommodations on a voluntary basis, the ministry source said. Escriva argued the situation was well-handled and manageable, and said some conservative politicians were whipping up what he called xenophobic rhetoric.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Jose Luis Escriva, Escriva, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, Belén Carreño, Joan Faus, Emma Pinedo, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Rights, Union, Canaries, Madrid, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Arguineguin, Gran, Spain, Rights MADRID, Madrid, West Africa, Canary, Italy, Lampedusa

☆ Over one thousand migrants reach Spain's Canary Islands in single day
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/6] Rescuers disembark a migrant baby from a Spanish coast guard vessel, in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, October 21, 2023. The Red Cross, which was helping to treat the migrants, said a wooden boat that arrived on the island of El Hierro marked a record number of arrivals in a single boat. The previous record was a boat carrying 271 people that arrived in El Hierro on Oct. 3. Saturday's arrivals included 783 in El Hierro, 98 in Tenerife and 150 in Gran Canaria, the Red Cross said. In Gran Canaria, the coast guard towed a wooden boat carrying migrants, including a toddler, into the port of Arguineguin.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Jessica Jones, Toby Chopra Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, GRAN CANARIA, Borders, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Arguineguin, Gran, Spain, GRAN, Canary, Africa, El Hierro, Tenerife, Senegal

☆ Over One Thousand Migrants Reach Spain's Canary Islands in Single Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

ARGUINEGUIN, GRAN CANARIA (Reuters) - Over 1,000 migrants arrived in Spain's Canary Islands in a single day on Saturday after making the dangerous journey from Africa, including on a boat carrying 320 people that rescuers said was the most packed vessel they had ever seen. The Red Cross, which was helping to treat the migrants, said a wooden boat that arrived on the island of El Hierro marked a record number of arrivals in a single boat. The previous record was a boat carrying 271 people that arrived in El Hierro on Oct. 3. Saturday's arrivals included 783 in El Hierro, 98 in Tenerife and 150 in Gran Canaria, the Red Cross said. In Gran Canaria, the coast guard towed a wooden boat carrying migrants, including a toddler, into the port of Arguineguin.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Jessica Jones, Toby Chopra Organizations: GRAN CANARIA, Reuters, Gran Canaria, Borders Locations: GRAN, Canary, Africa, El Hierro, Tenerife, Gran, Arguineguin, Spain, Senegal

☆ Over 8,500 migrants reach Spain's Canary Islands in two weeks -ministry data
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, Oct 16 (Reuters) - At least 8,561 migrants have reached the Canary Islands over the past two weeks, representing more than a third of this year's total arrivals, data from Spain's interior ministry showed on Monday. Between Jan. 1 and Oct. 15 of this year, the islands in the Atlantic received 23,537 migrants, an 80% increase from the same period last year, the data showed. The archipelago's seven islands have become the main destination for migrants from Senegal and other African countries trying to reach Spain. One aircraft will patrol the waters off Senegal and Mauritania and a second will monitor the waters around the Canary Islands. The Atlantic migration route to the Canary Islands, typically used by sub-Saharan African migrants trying to reach Spain, is one of the world's deadliest.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Fernando Grande, Marlaska, Emma Pinedo, David Latona, Christina Fincher Organizations: Atlantic, Gran Canaria, REUTERS, EU, Acting, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Senegal, Spain, Spanish, West Africa, Arguineguin, Gran, Mauritania, Africa's, Europe, Canary

☆ Spanish airline Air Europa hit by credit card system breach
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An Air Europa customer service booth is seen at Gran Canaria airport, in Telde, Gran Canaria, Spain, February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Spanish airline Air Europa has suffered a cyberattack on its online payment system that let some of its customers' credit card details exposed, the company said on Tuesday. The airline emailed customers whose credit card details were affected and notified the relevant financial institutions, it added. Air Europa reported that incident 41 days after it happened, whereas companies are required to do so within 72 hours. Madrid-based Air Europa is in the process of being taken over by British Airways-owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (ICAG.L).

Persons: Borja Suarez, Corina Pons, Inti Landauro, Louise Heavens Organizations: Air Europa, Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Rights, Spanish, Reuters, Europa, British Airways, International Consolidated Airlines Group, Thomson Locations: Gran, Telde, Spain, Rights MADRID, Spanish, Madrid

☆ Spain rescues 262 migrants off Canary Islands
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view of a wooden boat that migrants used, to reach the Canary Islands, at the port of Arguineguin, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain April 20, 2023. Emergency services said they had brought 103 of the 262 rescued migrants to El Hierro, the westernmost and tiniest of the Canary Islands, which has received more than 1,200 migrants in the last six days alone. "We have even reinforced with volunteer personnel from other islands that perhaps are not suffering the pressure El Hierro is suffering at the moment." The other rescued migrants were taken to Los Cristianos port in Tenerife and Arguineguin in Gran Canaria. The seven islands of the Atlantic archipelago have become the main destination for migrants trying to reach Spain.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Inigo Vila, Vila, El Hierro, Fernando Clavijo, Emma Pinedo, Andrei Khalip, Gareth Jones, Nick Macfie Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Rights, European Union, Thomson Locations: Arguineguin, Gran, Spain, Rights MADRID, Spanish, Italy, Atlantic, Madrid, El Hierro, Islands, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Saharan Africa

☆ Dozens of nations to sign U.N. ocean treaty but implementation still awaits
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Daina Beth Solomon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The global pact to conserve biodiversity on the high seas was finally agreed in March and formally adopted by the United Nations in June. It is seen as a crucial tool to meet a target agreed last year to protect 30% of the earth's land and sea by 2030, known as "30 by 30". At least 60 countries are expected to sign the agreement at the annual United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. Mads Christensen, interim executive director of Greenpeace International, described the signings as a "powerful signal" and help maintain momentum to meet the "30 by 30" target. "Now politicians must bring the treaty home and ensure it is ratified in record time."

Persons: Borja Suarez, Mads Christensen, Jessica Battle, David Stanway, Stephen Coates Organizations: El, Recovery, Gran Canaria, REUTERS, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly, Greenpeace International, International Union for, Worldwide Fund, Nature, Thomson Locations: El Burrero Beach, Gran, Spain, Singapore

☆ Firefighters close to stabilising Tenerife fire as evacuees start returning home
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Nacho Doce | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] FILE PHTO: EIRIF forest firefighters work during the extinction of the forest fire in Arafo on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain August 16, 2023. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Firefighters on Monday battled to stabilise a huge wildfire that has devastated forests on the Spanish island of Tenerife for six days and forced thousands to evacuate their homes. "The worst is behind us," the Canary Islands' regional leader Fernando Clavijo said on Monday morning on Cadena SER radio station. Clavijo added the fire was almost certainly man-made and said police were investigating to identify and capture the arsonists. However, AEMET said there was a chance Tenerife would see some rainfall later on Monday.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Fernando Clavijo, Clavijo, AEMET, Nacho Doce, Inti Landauro, David Latona, Sharon Singleton Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Cadena SER, Thomson Locations: Arafo, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Rights TENERIFE, Islands, Candelaria

TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A wildfire that has blanketed much of the Spanish island of Tenerife with smoke and ash has slowed its advance thanks to containment efforts and more favourable weather during the night, authorities said on Friday. Fernando Clavijo, regional leader of the Canary Islands, said there were no more evacuations overnight and officials were considering lifting restrictions on almost 4,000 residents who had been ordered to stay home. [1/2]Pine trees burn in a forest fire in Candelaria on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain August 16, 2023. Scorching heat and dry weather this summer have contributed to unusually severe wildfires in Europe and Canada. On Friday, Spain's AEMET weather service expected maximum temperatures of 32C in Tenerife.

Persons: Fernando Clavijo, We've, Borja Suarez, Mount Teide, Andrei Khalip, Frances Kerry Organizations: REUTERS, Teide Astrophysics, Thomson Locations: TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain, Spanish, Tenerife, Candelaria, Europe, Canada, Maui, Lahaina

TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Firefighters on Thursday struggled to contain a wildfire that broke out in a mountainous national park on the Spanish island of Tenerife, prompting authorities to evacuate at least 3,800 people. "The night has been very tough...This is the most complex fire we've had in the Canary Islands in the last 40 years," the region's leader, Fernando Clavijo, told a news conference. [1/5]EIRIF forest firefighters work during the extinction of the forest fire in Arafo on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain August 16, 2023. Last week, a heatwave in the Canary Islands left many areas bone dry, heightening the risk of wildfires. This summer, firefighters have extinguished a series of forest fires on the islands of Gran Canaria and La Palma, which form part of the Canary Islands archipelago.

Persons: Alba Gil, we've, Fernando Clavijo, Pedro Martinez, Borja Suarez, Clavijo, Teide, Aena, Andrei Khalip, Christina Fincher, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: REUTERS, Authorities, Gran Canaria, La, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain, Tenerife, La Esperanza, Canary, Europe, Canada, Lahaina, Arafo, El Rosario, La Orotava, Spanish, Gran

CNN —More than 3,000 people have been evacuated since Wednesday as wildfires continue to tear through the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, a popular tourist destination, the region’s authorities said Thursday in a statement. Forest firefighters work during to extinguish a forest fire in Arafo on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain August 16, 2023. Andres Gutierrez/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesExtreme heat is growing again in Europe and is expected to peak next week at potentially record-breaking levels. In France, authorities have issued orange heatwave warnings for 19 departments for Friday as temperatures are expected to soar above 35 degrees Celsius. Temperatures will approach 45 degrees Celsius in the typical southern hot spots, areas around Madrid will likely reach 40 degrees Celsius.

Persons: Fernando Clavijo, ”, haven’t, ” Clavijo, Borja Suarez, Andres Gutierrez Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Anadolu Agency, Getty, France’s, CNN’s Locations: Tenerife, Northern Africa, Hawaii, Canada, Europe, Arafo, Canary Islands, Spain, France, Madrid

☆ Strong travel demand helps TUI swing back to profit
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

That was despite prices rising 7% over last year, indicating that the higher cost of travel wasn't dampening demand. In particular, the wildfires in Rhodes, Greece meant approximately 8,000 TUI customers had to leave their hotels, TUI said. The cost of that will be reflected in the full-year results and is expected to be close to 25 million euros. Ebel said that the Mediterranean region in Europe remained one of the top destinations for the tour group despite extreme weather. "The heatwave in Northern Europe in June and the wildfires in Southern Europe have only dampened temporarily the previously strong development," he said.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Sebastian Ebel, TUI, Ebel, Joanna Plucinska, Friederike Heine, Conor Humphries Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Borja Suarez LONDON, Airlines, TUI, Thomson Locations: Puerto Rico, Gran, Spain, Europe, Rhodes, Greece, Northern Europe, Southern Europe

☆ Siemens Energy’s flop puts brakes on green race
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An offshore wind turbine of the Siemens Gamesa company is seen from the Telde coast on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Borja SuarezLONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Siemens Energy’s (ENR1n.DE) growing wind woes will have wider repercussions. The $13 billion German group unveiled on Monday a 2.2 billion euro ($2.4 billion) charge because of quality issues linked to its troubled wind turbine unit Siemens Gamesa. A previous profit warning in June, also linked to malfunctioning turbines, erased a third of Siemens Energy’s stock market value. Bruch says he is now prioritising the profitability of Siemens Gamesa, implying a pause over plans to add more wind capacity.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Jefferies, Siemens Gamesa, Reuters Breakingviews, Christian Bruch, Bruch, Yawen Chen, headwinds, Lisa Jucca, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Siemens, Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Borja Suarez LONDON, Reuters, Siemens Energy, Investors, Siemens Gamesa, JPMorgan, Global, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Gran, Spain, Germany

The largest island, Tenerife, received 4% more tourists in June than in the pre-pandemic 2019. But there were 22% fewer Germans, a clear sign of how the energy crisis and economic woes have weighed on travel decisions. Meanwhile, hotels in traditional hotspots for German tourists, such as the town of Puerto de la Cruz in northern Tenerife, are now filling up with "weather tourists". This year, 18% fewer Germans went on summer holidays than in 2019, according to Germany's tourism industry group DRV. According to Spanish official data, in the first half of 2023, 14% fewer Germans visited Tenerife than in 2019.

Persons: Borja Suarez, Shizuko Hotta, Hotta, Diego Bejarano, Enrique Talg, Corina Pons, Sarah Marsh, Andrei Khalip, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Borja Suarez PUERTO, LA, la, Thomson Locations: Puerto Rico, Gran, Spain, LA CRUZ, Canary Islands, Africa, Tenerife, Puerto, la Cruz, Lake Constance, Germany, Spanish, United States, Canada, U.S, Europe

☆ Spain rescues boat with 84 migrants, one dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Borja Suarez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Rescuers carry a migrant out of a Spanish coast guard vessel, at the port of Arguineguin, in the island of Gran Canaria. REUTERS/Borja SuarezARQUINEGIN, Spain, July 25 (Reuters) - Spain's maritime rescue service on Tuesday said it had rescued a boat near the island of Gran Canaria carrying 84 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, one of whom had died. TV footage showed emergency services helping the migrants disembark, offering blankets and seating some of them in wheelchairs. The boat was located 8.5 nautical miles (15.7 km) from Gran Canaria island and the migrants were taken to Arguineguin port at around 5 a.m. local time (0400 GMT). The Atlantic migration route, one of the deadliest in the world, is typically used by migrants from sub-Saharan Africa attempting to reach Europe.

Persons: Borja Suarez ARQUINEGIN, Emma Pinedo, David Latona, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Arguineguin, Gran, Spain, Saharan Africa, West Africa, Gran Canaria, Europe, Canary Islands

☆ Wildfire in Spain's Gran Canaria island menaces villages
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Borja Suarez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TEJEDA, Spain, July 25 (Reuters) - A rapidly-spreading wildfire that broke out at the centre of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on Tuesday forced the authorities to remove several hundred villagers from their homes, shut three roads and deploy helicopters to contain the blaze. However, Spanish airports operator AENA told Reuters, however, the Gran Canaria airport on the eastern coast was operating normally. Antonio Morales, head of the Island Council of Gran Canaria, told reporters about 100 firefighters and nine aircraft were working to put out the blaze that has so far burned through 200 hectares of forest but no buildings have been harmed. "They told me they were already there trying to put the fire out but two hours later it broke out of control," he said. Reporting by Borja Suarez in Gran Canaria island, with additional reporting of Corina Pons in Tenerife island.

Persons: Federico Grillo, Antonio Morales, Cuevas Blancas, Jose Ramon Henriquez, Borja Suarez, Corina Pons, Andrei Khalip, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Gran Canaria, Reuters, AENA, Radio Canarias, Island, Thomson Locations: Spain, Spanish, Gran, Gran Canaria, Tenerife

☆ Thousands evacuated as firefighters battle La Palma wildfire
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Borja Suarez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/9] General view of the Tijarafe fire on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain July 16, 2023 REUTERS/Borja SuarezJuly 16 (Reuters) - Firefighters were trying to contain a wildfire which burned out of control and forced the evacuation of at least 4,000 people on the Spanish island of La Palma, authorities said on Sunday. Firefighters were burning an area to ensure the blaze stopped at a road and did not spread further. “That is what we are going to do to secure all this area and try to save a house. "There has been some resistance by local people to leaving their homes, but I appeal to people to be responsible," Clavijo told reporters in La Palma. King Felipe VI of Spain telephoned Clavijo on Saturday to express his support with the people of La Palma, the Spanish royal household said.

Persons: Borja Suarez, ” Jose Fernandez, ” Manuel, Fernando Clavijo, Clavijo, King Felipe VI of Spain, Borja Suarea, Silvio Castellanos, Graham Keeley, Barbara Lewis, David Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Firefighters, La Palma, Reuters, ”, La, Thomson Locations: La Palma, Spain, El Pinar de Puntagorda, Puntagorda, Tijarafe, Africa, Europe, Canary, Tenerife

Another 25% will come from "next-generation" materials in which the group is investing, and the remaining 10% from other sustainable sources, the company said. The new targets come as the European Commission is drawing up regulations to make clothing retailers pay for the waste they produce, arguing that fast-fashion companies "encourage customers to shop impulsively and incentivise purchasing larger quantities of clothes". Inditex previously had targets to use more sustainable cotton, linen, polyester, and fibres made from wood pulp, but did not have an overall goal for recycled fibres. Shoppers walk past a Zara clothes store, part of the Spanish group Inditex, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File Photo"Moving forward on sustainability is natural for us," said Inditex Non-Executive Chair, Marta Ortega, in brief comments to investors at the AGM.

Persons: Inditex, Oscar Garcia Maceiras, Borja Suarez, Marta Ortega, Ortega, Adam Gofton, Corina Pons, David Latona, Helen Reid, Andrei Khalip, Mark Potter, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Companies Zara, European Commission, Las Palmas de, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Mackenzie Investments, Thomson Locations: MADRID, LONDON, Zara, Spanish, A Coruna, Spain, Las Palmas, Las Palmas de Gran, Toronto, Inditex, Madrid, London

☆ Migrants to Spain's Canary Islands surge, three new boatloads rescued Thursday
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Borja Suarez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Canary Islands officials said on Thursday that during the night emergency services had assisted 114 migrants in two boats. At least 559 people - including 22 children - died in 2022 in attempts to reach the Canary Islands, according to data from the U.N.'s International Organisation for Migration. JUNE SURGEThere has been a rise in arrivals in the Canary Islands this month. Only in June, close to 2,000 people have arrived," said Canary Islands migration lawyer Loueila Mint El Mamy. Spanish government data showed 5,914 people arrived in the Canary Islands between January and mid-June this year, a 31.5% drop compared to the same period last year.

Persons: Borja Suarez ARGUINEGUIN, Aita Mari, SMH, Nadir, Emma Pinedo, Corina Rodriguez, Aislinn Laing, Frances Kerry Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Maritimo, Italian Coast Guard, for Migration, Loueila, Islands, Reuters, Inti, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Arguineguin, Gran, Spain, Islands, West Africa, Moroccan, Morocco, Lanzarote, Lampedusa, Saharan Africa, Canary Islands

☆ Amputee surfer making waves in the sport
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Borja Suarez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Sarah Almagro, 23, trains with her coach Javier Donoso, during the adaptive surfing Open LPA Surf City, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, June 11, 2023. REUTERS/Borja SuarezLAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, June 12 (Reuters) - When Sarah Almagro was 18 she suffered meningococcal meningitis and surgeons had to amputate both her hands and feet. Almagro was among the competitors who took part in the Open LPA Surf City 2023 championship in Playa de las Canteras in Gran Canaria on Saturday. Adaptive surfing refers to surfing where people with disabilities adapt their techniques and equipment in order to be able to practise the sport. Surfing will not be part of the Paralympics next year in Paris, but Almagro hopes it will chosen as a sport for the Games from 2028.

Persons: Sarah Almagro, Javier Donoso, Borja Suarez, Almagro, Graham Keeley, Toby Davis Organizations: Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Borja Suarez LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, Reuters, Games, Thomson Locations: Las Palmas, Gran, Spain, United States, Playa de las, Malaga, Paris

☆ Spanish scientists seek to crack mystery of Canaries skeleton cave
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Borja Suarez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Evidence at the Caleta de Arriba site points to a violent death centuries ago which could pre-date the 15th century Spanish conquest of the archipelago off northwest Africa. This is a funerary practice that denotes very strong symbolic violence," explained Veronica Alberto, head of the excavation. [1/6] Archaeologist Veronica Alberto from Tibicena, an archaeology company, works on the extraction of human remains, in Galdar, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain March 9, 2023. Without objects to help establish the period, scientists are waiting for radiocarbon dating tests on the bones. All six had strong arms, suggesting they were involved in the same type of physical activity.

☆ Is global warming helping loggerhead turtles colonise the Med?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Borja Suarez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Borja SuarezTALIARTE, Spain, April 5 (Reuters) - Growing numbers of loggerhead sea turtles are nesting and laying eggs on western Mediterranean beaches in what some scientists suggest could be a case of climate change causing habitat expansion of a threatened species. Along with the warming sea water, another factor probably benefiting the world's largest hard-shelled turtle, which is considered a vulnerable species, are protection programmes in countries like Spain and Cape Verde. The group rescues injured turtles in Spain's Canary Islands and studies their population in Cape Verde, the eastern Atlantic's main reproduction area. Their size and hard shell generally protect them from predators, but fishnets, ship rotors and pollution have become significant threats. Reporting by Borja Suarez, writing by Inti Landauro, editing by Andrei Khalip and Andrew CawthorneOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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