Alarm Phone: Ever-changing Travel Routes in the Western Med – the Move to the South and the East
In the latest issue of its Western Mediterranean Regional Analysis, the NGO hotline Alarm Phone reports on “another turbulent four months of crossings, political developments and daily struggles against the European border system in the Western Med”. The report covers...
Atlantic Route: People Face Death at Sea and Miserable Conditions upon Arrival in the Canary Islands, High Prosecutor’s Office Prohibits Separation of Children
Lethal shipwrecks between 23-29 October claimed more than 230 deaths. Within just two days more than 500 people were rescued and returned to Mauritania. Over 11,200 people arrived to the Canary Islands in 2020, almost half of them within the past month. The conditions...
Atlantic Route: Arrivals in Canary Islands Continue to Rise, more than 1,000 People Cramped at Arguineguín Pier, Children Separated from their Parents for Months in Order to Prove Kinship
Arrivals in the Canary Islands continued to rise with more than 2,100 people who have disembarked in the first half of October. About 1,000 people are staying at the pier of Arguineguín, Gran Canaria, waiting for COVID-19 testing results that are a precondition for...