A Spain Sea Rescue services aircraft launched two life rafts and was able to save 17 people from one vessel and 80 from ...

Five bodies were found floating in the sea on Sunday after the inflatable boat they were travelling in punctured around 90 km ...

The coastguards have confirmed that this is the largest number of people rescued from a single boat off the island of Gran ...

An archipelago of eight sun-drenched islands 100 miles off the north west shoulder of Africa make up the Canary Islands on ...

More than 4,000 migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands in barely a fortnight, marking a significant spike in numbers arriving from West Africa in tiny boats, newly published figures have ...

Sánchez is on a three-day tour of West Africa to reinforce bilateral relations with Mauritania, Gambia and Senegal, where the majority of migrant boats reaching the Canary Islands are being ...

There has been a sharp increase in the number of migrants from West Africa attempting to reach the Canary Islands in recent months. The island chain is just 100km (60 miles) off the coast of North ...

Senegalese farmer Mouhamed Oualy has never been to sea, but he is about to embark on a perilous sea journey - one that has turned the Atlantic Ocean into a mass grave. “The boat guys have called ...

Some 32,878 migrants have taken the route in boats from West Africa to the Canary Islands between January and Oct. 15, according to government figures, a rise of 39.7% from the same period last year.

Senegalese farmer Mouhamed Oualy has never been to sea, but he is about to embark on a perilous sea journey - one that has turned the Atlantic Ocean into a mass grave. “The boat guys have called me - ...

Calm seas and gentle winds associated with late summer in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa have prompted a surge of ...