Spanish authorities in the Canary Islands have released the Moroccan fishing boat La Clontaine, previously used by 14 ...

The number of migrants leaving west Africa and reaching Spain's Canary Islands, nearly 60 miles from the west coast of Morocco, has passed record levels set in 2006.

Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says around 23,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands from Africa in 2020 – more than seven times the number of arrivals in 2019.

Stuck In Canary Islands, ... Morocco and Senegal are playing draughts on the terrace. For Calvin Lucock and his wife, Unn Tove Saetran, opening their hotel to migrants was a business decision.

The Canary Islands are roughly 62 miles (100 kilometers) from Morocco's Atlantic coast but pirogues — the wooden vessels migrants often use to cross — often launch from as far south as Gambia ...

At least two migrants died and 35 more were feared dead after an inflatable boat en route to the Canary Islands, ... aid workers also asked why the rescue operations had been conducted by Morocco.

Canary Islands open up to more tourists with £43m new ferry line to reach holiday hotspot A new maritime line will connect the Canary Islands, Spain, to Morocco in a sign of restored relations ...

Among the areas to swelter was the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands, a popular tourist destination in the Atlantic Ocean just west of Morocco, where temperatures have soared above 100 ...

The Canary Islands Volcanology Institute reported the initial eruption shortly after 3 p.m. near the southern end of the island, which saw its last eruption in 1971.

RABAT, Morocco — The Moroccan navy said it intercepted 141 people attempting to traverse the Atlantic Ocean as migration from West Africa to Spain's Canary Islands has spiked since the beginning ...

A volcano on Spain's Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity. Lava flows destroyed isolated homes on the nearby mountainside.