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Migrants making treacherous journey to Canary Islands - on small fishing boats

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Thousands of people from North and West Africa are travelling to the Canary Islands by sea on small fishing boats. It's often a treacherous and deadly crossing.
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Many are motivated by the economic hardship brought on by the pandemic.

Almost 20,000 have arrived on the islands this year - a 12-fold increase from 2019.

We have been speaking to some of those who have made it.
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Journals
Tags
migrant, asylum seekers, immigration
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