Over two thousand people have died trying to cross from Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands so far this year. While the European Union boasts of its humanitarian migrant policy, it has made these islands into a rampart of a murderous border regime.
Spain: Respect Rights of People Arriving by Sea to Canary Islands
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Ensure Adequate Reception Conditions, Access to Information and Asylum
(Milan) – Spanish authorities should immediately alleviate overcrowded and unsanitary conditions on the Arguineguín pier, Gran Canaria, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, Human Rights Watch said today. Since November 7, 2020, when Human Rights Watch visited the pier, the number of migrants and refugees detained there has more than doubled to over 2,000.
The growing humanitarian crisis follows a sharp increase in recent months in the number of people attempting to reach Europe via the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Africa.