Canary Islands

Nightmare in paradise: Canary Islands face wastewater crisis

40 Olympic-sized swimming pools. That’s the amount of wastewater that is being discharged every day into the sea around the Canary Islands. There are 400 waste discharge points on the islands and…

2 months ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

Thousands of people seek refuge in Canaries

The Canary Islands have become a major destination for Africans seeking refuge in Europe. Human rights activists describe the conditions in the camps as squalid and say authorities are not giving people…

4 years ago

News·World

Over a thousand migrants land in Spain’s Canary Islands

More than a thousand migrants in 485 small boats have landed in the Canary Islands in the past two days. Tightened security along Morocco's coast has pushed migrants and traffickers to risk…

5 years ago

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Looking for whales, finding dolphins

Hardly anywhere else on earth is as good for whale watching as the Canary Islands in the Atlantic. DW reporter Christina Deicke went on board to get a glimpse of these marine…

6 years ago

News·World

Migrants turn to deadly sea route as options narrow

Assan Diallo is preparing to take a boat from Senegal to the Canary Islands, part of a resurgence in African migrants taking the deadly crossing as other routes to Europe are cut…

6 years ago

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Canary Islands

Nightmare in paradise: Canary Islands face wastewater crisis

Thousands of people seek refuge in Canaries

Over a thousand migrants land in Spain’s Canary Islands

Looking for whales, finding dolphins

Migrants turn to deadly sea route as options narrow

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