The migration crisis continues to put this Spanish archipelago to the coast of Morocco, where a migrant emergency center was set up last year.
Hundreds of migrants were rescued on Monday off the Canary Islands.
Most of the 389 migrants were men, but there were also 46 women and five minors on boardaccording to local authorities.
Five of the rescued boats headed for Lanzarote, and two to the island of El Hierro.
Emergency services have indicated that migrants had been transported to the Spanish ports of the Restinga and Los Cristianos after being rescued by maritime and air teams.
Stricter European policies in immigration
More than 43,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands in 2024a record figure.
This continuous massive influx of put the infrastructure of this Spanish archipelago to test Located off the coast of Morocco, in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Spanish central government opened an emergency reception center last year at Ciudad Real airport to process asylum requests for irregular arrivals and the authorities of the Canary Islands have made Call using Brussels To deal with the migration crisis.
EU policy has hardened immigration last yearfollowing the good results of the extreme right in the European elections in June.
Thus, many EU member states have started to update their migration policies, at the very moment when the question of migration is at the top of the agenda of the European Council.
In a letter addressed to the EU member states, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, recently proposed to accelerate the return of asylum seekers and to open detention centers outside the EU bordersfollowing in this the previous one of controversial agreement Concluded by the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with Albania.
