Illegal arrivals by sea to Canary Islands reached new record in 2024 | Spain newsthirst.
A record 46,843 people reached the Canary Islands illegally in 2024 via the increasingly deadly Atlantic route, the second consecutive year of unprecedented arrival numbers, according to official data. Last year Spain received a total of 63,970 irregular migrants, the vast majority in the Atlantic archipelago, up from 56,852 in 2023, the interior ministry said…