Most migrants arrived at El Hierro since Friday with one single boat carrying a record 320 migrants as numbers surged in recent weeks.
Migrants wait to disembark from a small boat in La Restinga on the Canary Island of El Hierro, Spain, Saturday October 21, 2023. / Photo: AP
The service said one boat carrying 229 migrants was escorted to El Hierro island while another with 85 was taken to Tenerife . Most of the boats arrived at El Hierro, which has received several thousand migrants in recent weeks.
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