Spanish authorities say more than 180 migrants have reached the Canary Islands

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The latest arrivals in 2025 add to growing concerns about the uptick in irregular migration to the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago close to the African coast that has increasingly been used as a stepping stone to continental Europe.

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00:00Authorities on the Canary Islands say around 183 migrants, including 24 women and seven

00:06minors, reached its coast on Saturday on two boats.

00:10Local officials said the migrant boats had been intercepted on their way to the port

00:15of Nels.

00:16Spain's Sea Search and Rescue Agency and the Red Cross said they received the migrants

00:21with clothes, blankets and food.

00:23According to the Spanish Interior Ministry, Spain received 63,970 irregular migrants last

00:30year, the vast majority in the Canaries.

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