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A treacherous journey that has often spelled death for asylum seekers crossing the Atlantic Ocean ended with the miracle of life this week, after a baby girl was born on a migrant boat headed toward Spain's Canary Islands. "Christmas ends in the Canary Islands with the rescue of a baby born in the middle of a voyage on the sea," Salvamento Marítimo, the Spanish government's maritime rescue agency, said in a post on X on Wednesday. A boat carrying asylum seekers, one of whom had just given birth, is rescued off the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote. He said he covered the baby up and patted the baby so it would stop crying. The Canary Islands Route saw a second consecutive annual high in 2024, with its almost 47,000 arrivals comprising 73% of irregular migration to Spain, according to the country's interior ministry.

Persons: Jesus, Salvamento Marítimo, Domingo Trujillo, ”, Alvaro Serrano Perez, Domingo Organizations: Reuters, TVE, Salvamento Maritimo, NBC Locations: Islands, Lanzarote, Spain, Canary, Spanish, Arrecife ., Mali, Senegal, Morocco, Trujillo

☆ Baby born at sea on migrant dinghy en route to Spain
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Kathy Rose Obrien | Kathy Rose O'Brien | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A baby girl was born at sea on a migrant dinghy en route to Spain from Africa on Monday, according to the Spanish maritime rescue service. In 2020, he cut the umbilical cord of a child born on a similar journey. This Atlantic migration route is the deadliest in the world according to Caminando Fronteras, an NGO which defends migrants’ rights. The migrant pressure on the Canary Islands is causing political tensions in Madrid. Spain has been considering setting up an emergency reception center for migrants arriving on its shores at an airport near Madrid, according to multiple reports last year.

Persons: Domingo Trujillo, Spanish television’s, Caminando, Sally Hayden, ” Hayden, ”, Salvamento Organizations: CNN, Spanish, Radio, Espana, Ministry, Migrants, European Union, “, EU, Salvamento Maritimo, Spain’s Interior, Partido Popular Locations: Spain, Africa, Canary, Lanzarote, Spanish, Mali, Senegal, Morocco, European, West Africa, Europe’s, West, Islands, Madrid

☆ Cruise ship rescues 68 migrants drifting off Spain’s Canary Islands
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A luxury cruise ship rescued 68 migrants drifting off the Spanish Canary Islands on Wednesday, Spain’s maritime rescue agency said in a statement on X. On Thursday, Insignia’s crew reported that one of the rescued migrants was in critical condition and needed to be evacuated. “We can confirm that Insignia rescued 68 people from a vessel in distress between Cape Verde and Tenerife and bought them onboard for medical assistance and provided food, drinks, clothing and a safe place to rest. Data from Spain’s Interior ministry show a drastic increase of the number of migrants arriving by sea, especially to the Canary Islands. Of those, 18,977 have arrived to the Canary Islands by sea — an increase of 220.9% compared to the same period last year.

Persons: Philipp Oldendorff, Insignia’s, Caminando Fronteras Organizations: CNN, Maritimo, Oceania Cruises, “, ” Locations: Islands, Tenerife, Sahara Africa, Cape Verde, Canary, Spain, Spanish

☆ 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

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