State of emergency declared in Spain's Canary Islands over high number of migrant arrivals
STORY: State of emergency declared in Spain's Canary Islands over high number of migrant arrivals
DATELINE: Oct. 19, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:39
LOCATION: Madrid
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST: (courtesy of Emergencies Canary Islands and Spanish government)
1. Spain's Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration Jose Luis Escriva in a recent press conference in Madrid
2. various of migrants arrivals
3. boats piling up on the dock these days
STORYLINE:
Spain's Ministry for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration has approved a state of emergency in the face of the high number of migrants arriving at the coast of the Canary Islands since the start of October.
According to government sources, 8,561 migrants completed the dangerous crossing to the islands (which are 100 kilometers west of Morocco at their nearest point) in the first 15 days of October.
That lifts the total number of people who have succeeded in making the crossing in wooden boats to 23,537 since the start of the year - the second highest rec
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