Spanish leader Sanchez meets with Canary Islands leader as migrant arrivals soar

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Spain announced an extra €50 million to help the Canary Islands currently overwhelmed with more than 5,500 unaccompanied migrant children and teenagers.

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00:00Spain will give the Canary Islands 50 million euros to help it care for thousands of migrants,

00:08many of whom are unaccompanied minors arriving to the islands, Spain's Minister for Territorial

00:13Policy said.

00:14Ángel Vido Torres made the announcement after Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited

00:19the Spanish archipelago to speak about possible solutions to the crisis with the region's

00:23president.

00:24Torres said the leaders would work towards creating new legislation, forcing other Spanish

00:39regions to accept the unaccompanied minors, thousands of which arrived to the Canaries

00:45as orphans.

00:47These unaccompanied minors automatically become wards of the state.

00:52The archipelago has become a main point of entry for irregular migrant arrivals sailing

00:57from West African nations into the European Union.

01:02The local government says it has capacity to look after 2,000 minors, but is currently

01:08caring for more than double in overcrowded shelters.

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