How African refugees risk death to reach the Canary Islands | Focus on Europe



In 2023, around 32,000 African refugees have arrived in the Canary Islands ā€” twice as many as in 2022. Their goal is mainland Europe, but the chances of receiving asylum are slim. And Spanish authorities are overwhelmed.

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42 thoughts on “How African refugees risk death to reach the Canary Islands | Focus on Europe”

  1. This unfettered and illegal migration has to stop. Having wrecked their own country, they now seek to wreck someone else's!
    "Dreaming of a better life" simply means living off the wealth of others.

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  2. I think the EU should accept them for humanitarian reasons but there should be a limit.. like 10-20 million residency permits for Africans allowed per year. This is the moral thing to do, we can't just ban them, they need our help.

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  3. Europe should have changed their immigration law 10 years ago. Asylum seekers that came into the country illegally should not have access to social welfare.
    The proliferation will eventually damage your society.
    It is unfortunate what European politicians have done to their citizens.

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  4. if you want to help Africans, the best place to do it is in their home countries, it's also probably more effective and cheaper in the long term. There is no point in hooking millions in segragated gettos on benefits. How many millions coming from countries with incompatible values and religions can Europe continue to take in and for how long?

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  5. Praying for them. Jesus give me grace and endurance this Christmas. As a single mother my number one priority, are my sons. Both of them are autistic so they require a lot from me. God give me strength as I struggle to provide for them. My faith in you is still strong! Even as I struggle to pay rent every month and I struggle to buy groceries for my children, I KEEP FAITH in you LORD. Jesus hear my prayers Iā€™m so overwhelmed and discouraged because Iā€™m also battling lupus and have heart issues. Lord give me strength because I want to give up.

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  6. It's a money racket. They pay $1000 each. Each boat or Paterra is overloDed. $40000 a boat load every few days.
    They land and are placed in holding camps. The paperwork process is a long drawn out affair. ( To restrict the flow)
    The " paterras" leak n sink
    The news hardly covers the bodies that wash up.
    They are released into community but have no jobs ,most have very little papers or false papers n are forced to join the drug gangs that harass tourists n locals. Kingpins on both Spanish and Senagal involved.
    I was there for nine months and saw it all.

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  7. We can't solve Africa poverty by inmigration. Numbers simply don't add up.
    Plus Spain has one of the highest unemployment rates in Europe.

    Help Africans in their homecountries. Is more effective, cheaper and safer

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  8. Comments/low views/ignorance: REPULSIVE! Take all for granted, biggest risk=bets & unaware of reality elsewhere. It šŸ›‘s when countries function, not by blocking boats! [that support: FAR cheaper & return benefits too]

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  9. It has been many years and nothing changes. Immigration is not a solution. The government in their homeland countries are responsible to fix issues not failing them over and over again. This is why people underestimate Africa because look at the corrupt government barely doing improvement.

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