World● Elevated5d ago · Nov 2, 2026, 5:40 AM
Spain’s El Hierro grapples with rising migrant arrivals
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Africanews [en] · Western Europe
Nearly 3,000 migrants have reached the island of El Hierro, in Spain’s Canary Islands, since the beginning of October. The small Atlantic island, home to around 11,000 people, is facing a sharp increase in arrivals along the Atlantic migration route.
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