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Huge influx of migrants from Northern Africa to Canary Islands threatens Spain’s residents
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Huge influx of migrants from Northern Africa to Canary Islands threatens Spain’s residents

During late October and early November, several towns in the Canary archipelago rose in huge protests against illegal immigration as they called it. Many called it 'invasion' of the islands by the migrants. With 16,000 migrants from northern Africa coming on its shores with nearly 700 in the last few days alone, Canary islands in southern Spain stares at an existential crisis. Refusal to take in refugees might lead to a humanitarian crisis but allowing the huge influx into Spain could threaten the very resources and livelihoods of the local residents. Spanish Coastguards rescued more than 700 migrants just on November 14 and brought them to the islands. The Canary Islands which is the southernmost autonomous community of Spain is situated off the western coast of southern Morocco ...