Pakistan to the Canary Islands: Does a migrant shipwreck shed …
Jan 21, 2025 · On Sunday, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed they had identified 21 Pakistanis who are believed to be among the survivors of the latest drowning incident off the Canary Islands in which at least 50 people are believed to have died. Experts suggest that a new migration route is emerging, with smuggling networks directing South Asian migrants toward the Atlantic route into the EU.
More than 40 Pakistanis feared drowned in the capsizing of a …
Jan 17, 2025 · The majority last year departed from Mauritania, which is at least 473 miles (762 kilometers) from the closest Canary Island, El Hierro. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said several survivors, including Pakistanis, are staying in a camp near Dakhla. Pakistan’s Embassy in Morocco is in touch with local authorities and officials have gone to ...
More than 40 Pakistani migrants feared drowned off African coast
Jan 18, 2025 · Frontex reported more than 50,000 migrants made the journey from northwest Africa to Spain's Canary Islands in 2024, including 178 Pakistanis.
New migrant tragedy in the Canary Islands with at least 50 dead
Jan 19, 2025 · A boat carrying 86 migrants sank en route to the Canary Islands, resulting in at least 50 deaths. According to the Spanish aid organisation Caminando Fronteras, 44 of the victims were of Pakistani origin.
Dozens of Pakistani migrants feared to have drowned in
Jan 18, 2025 · A Spain-based migrant rights group, Walking Borders, said that 50 people had died on their way to the Canary Islands and that 44 of them were Pakistanis. The group said that the migrants began ...
At Least 50 Migrants Killed As Boat Sinks Near Morocco, Most …
Jan 17, 2025 · According to Reuters, the people were trying to make the crossing from West Africa to Spain's Canary Islands. Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people on Wednesday from a boat that had left Mauritania on January 2 with 86 migrants, including 66 Pakistanis, on board, a migrant rights group Walking Borders said Thursday.
Pakistani migrants held in Mauritania over alleged smuggling to Canary …
Nov 29, 2024 · On Wednesday (November 27), police in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott arrested 125 migrants of Pakistani origin who were trying to cross to Spain's Canary Islands in a canoe-shaped boat, commonly known as a cayuco.
The Spanish migration route is widening due to the increase in …
Dec 9, 2024 · The punctual arrivals of Asian immigrants – mainly Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, and to a lesser extent Afghans and Syrians – in the Canary Islands on boats coming from the coasts of Mauritania...
Spain Says Over 550 Migrants Reached its Canary Islands in 2 Days
4 days ago · More than 550 migrants have arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands in boats over the past two days, Spain’s maritime rescue service said Thursday. At least one body was found in one of the boats. ... It reported that 44 of them were from Pakistan. The European Union's border agency, Frontex, said irregular crossings into the bloc in 2024 fell 38 ...
In the story of Sindhi migration, Canary Islands played a small but ...
Sep 21, 2022 · Eight years later, when the Indian subcontinent was divided and Sindh became a part of Pakistan, some families chose to migrate to the Canary Islands via Bombay. New migration wave