Spain’s marine rescue service on Thursday said that more than 550 migrants have reached its Canary Islands in boats over the past two days.

Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people from the boat that had left Mauritania on January 2 with 86 migrants, including 66 Pakistanis, on board.

By most accounts, Gran Canaria is the warmest Canary Island in February, with average maximum temperatures of 22C, and typical lows of around 15C.

Fernando Clavijo met Home Affairs Commissioner Magnus Brunner in Strasbourg. “When you close one door, migrants exit from another.” View on euronews

The Pakistan Foreign Office has issued a list of 21 Pakistani people who survived a boat disaster off the coast of Morocco

Says several Pakistani survivors are in a camp near port of Dakhla; NGO chief says 44 Pakistanis among those presumed to have drowned.

In 2024, an average of nearly two migrant boats reached the Canary Islands each day. 692 boats in all carried more than 46,000 people that year, mostly from Mauritania, Senegal and Morocco. The majority arrive to the tiny,

The embassy in Morocco reported that a boat carrying 80 passengers, including several Pakistanis, capsized near the Dakhla port in Morocco, having set off from Mauritania as the survivors, including Pakistanis, are currently residing in a camp near Dakhla.

Boat carrying 80 people set off from Mauritania and capsized near Moroccan port of Dakhla, says Pakistani Foreign Ministry - Anadolu Ajansı

At least 69 migrants, including 44 Pakistanis, died after a boat capsized off Morocco’s coast while attempting to reach Spain. The tragedy underscores the deadly risks of the Atlantic migration route,

Dar instructed Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior to ensure swift, efficient assistance for Pakistani victims

“Fifty people have died on a boat headed for the Canary Islands, 44 of whom were Pakistani,” CEO of Caminando Fronteras / Walking Borders Helena Maleno, wrote on X. “They spent 13 agonising days at sea without rescuers reaching them.”