Migrants found off Canary Islands
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Spain's police intercept 227 people who tried to reach the Canary Islands from Africa on a decrepit vessel.
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At least 20 migrants drowned when their boat split while sailing from Africa to Spain's Canary Islands, survivors told police Thursday.Comment
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Spain's Canary Islands can no longer cope with a huge influx of illegal migrants from Africa, officials say.
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A search is under way after reports that two divers are missing off the Pembrokeshire coast.
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Spanish coastguard towed a boatload of 33 would-be immigrants from Ivory Coast and Gambia into a Canary Islands port after they called for assistance by mobile phone, emergency services said.
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A new 24-hour record tally of 900 illegal migrants reached the Canary Islands, fuelling growing public discontent, as ministers met a visiting European Commissioner to discuss how to stem the immigrant tide.
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A boat carrying nearly 200 Asian immigrants arrived off this port south of Tenerife in the Canary Islands and the first of them were taken off in a lifeboat.
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"The Islamic State of Iraq is the latest effort by al-Qaida to market itself and its goal of imposing a Taliban-like state on the Iraqi people"  Spain says 50 migrants missing in sinking MADRID, July 19 The Spanish coast guard reported rescuing 48 African migrants Thursday who said about 50 others went missing when their boat capsized off the Canary ... via Earth Times
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A group of scientists and nature lovers exploring tunnels in the Canary Islands became trapped underground and at least six of them died after apparently inhaling toxic gases, officials said Sunday.
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The bodies of 28 African migrants wash up on the Western Sahara coast after boats heading for the Canaries founder.
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The BBC's Martha Dixon sees how Spain struggles to deal with illegal immigrants in the Canary Islands.
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A body found on a Spanish island has been confirmed as that of a Welsh tourist who went missing eight weeks ago, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
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A boat with 13 dead Africans onboard was found Thursday by the Spanish Civil Guard near the Island of Fuerteventura, said a source from the maritime emergency service.
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Fearing for the health of the tourist trade, locals in the Canary Islands want more to be done about migrants arriving by boat from Africa.
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Unâimbarcazione con a bordo almeno tredici cadaveri di migranti clandestini Ã¨ stata trovata ieri in prossimitÃ  delle coste di Fuerteventura, nelle Isole Canarie, lo hanno reso noto fonti della polizia.
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Rescuers have found the bodies of 13 Africans on a makeshift boat after a failed attempt to reach the Canary Islands, Spanish officials said.
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Spanish police arrested four Moroccans on the Canary Island of Lanzarote on suspicion of being members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group. One is believed to have had a possible role in the Madrid train bombings, the Interior Ministry said.