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  • 08/01/2025
Last year, more than 43,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands, a record-breaking figure that exceeds that of 2006, during the so-called 'Cayuco crisis'.
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00:00Authorities in Spain's Canary Islands say some 780 migrants have arrived in the last
00:0624 hours, continuing the unprecedented and record-breaking influx of arrivals from last
00:13year.
00:14Local officials said the migrants arrived in ten boats on the islands of Lanzarote and
00:19El Hierro.
00:21The first migrant arrivals of the year come after a record year where more than 43,000
00:27arrived in the Spanish archipelago islands.

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