On 1 October the Government, the Popular Party and the President of the Canary Islands sat down to negotiate an agreement on the distribution of migrant minors and the situation in the Canary Islands, where the reception centers for migrant minors have largely exceeded their capacity.
On 27 September, a boat leaving Mauritania sank off the coast of the Canary Islands. The boat was carrying 84 people, 27 were rescued, 9 bodies were found and 48 people are missing, presumed dead. This shipwreck could be the deadliest to have occurred in the Canary Islands in the last 30 years.
On 26 September, the Spanish government decided to appeal to the country’s Constitutional Court against a measure recently adopted by the regional administration of the Canary Islands regarding the reception centers for migrant minors. The measure increases the administrative and bureaucratic barriers that migrant minors need to overcome before being sheltered by the Region.
On 23 September El Diario reported that between 16th and 22nd September at least 2,658 people arrived on 41 boats, mainly on the coasts of Lanzarote and El Hierro, but also in Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
On 20 September, 573 people were rescued from 9 different precarious boats in the Canary Islands. Most of them came from sub-Saharan Africa.
On 18 September, the European Union announced its intention to allocate €14 million to the Canary Islands to assist with the reception of migrants. From the beginning of the year to 15 September, a total of 26,813 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands.
On 18 September, El Diario revealed that the Administrative Court of Ceuta had ruled that Moroccan citizens who try to enter the enclave by swimming cannot be immediately deported to Morocco, as is the case when they try to circumvent ‘fences, walls or barriers’. The decision is subject to appeal, and the coastguard has stated that it will continue to return Moroccan citizens arriving by swimming to Morocco until a final decision is made.
On 16 September, the Maritime Rescue Service conducted 15 hours of rescue operations, resulting in arrival of 11 boats at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. A total of 641 individuals, including at least 15 minors, were rescued.
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