02/12/2024 – 17/12/2024
- On 10 December, four boats carrying 284 people arrived on the island of El Hierro from Mauritania. At least six people died during the journey.
- On 2 December the Spanish Interior Ministry announced that between 1st January and 30th November 41,425 people arrived in the Canary Islands in small boats from West Africa. This is a record number of arrivals.