Migrants risk deadly route to Spain’s Canary Islands
More than 7,400 migrants arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands during the first 10 days of November.
![A Spanish maritime rescue vessel tows a wooden fishing boat carrying migrants into the port of La Restinga, on the island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain on Nov. 12, 2026. [Borja Suarez/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/image-1794597729.jpg?resize=770%2C433&quality=80)
More than 7,400 migrants arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands during the first 10 days of November.
![A Spanish maritime rescue vessel tows a wooden fishing boat carrying migrants into the port of La Restinga, on the island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain on Nov. 12, 2026. [Borja Suarez/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/image-1794597729.jpg?resize=770%2C433&quality=80)


![A vandalized real estate agency during a general strike in Almeria, southern Spain, November 11 2026 [Carlos Barba/EPA]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/epa_6af5c94bd7bf-1794492747.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)





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