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The reason for risky boat migration to Spain
- Thousands of Senegalese fishermen have risked migration to Spain's Canary Islands due to the collapse of local fish stocks and declining livelihoods in 2024 and 2025.
- Decades of overfishing and illegal industrial fishing by foreign vessels, mainly Spanish and Chinese, have depleted 57% of Senegal's fish stocks, worsening food insecurity and poverty.
- Foreign industrial fleets employ harmful fishing practices, such as dragging heavy nets along the seabed, which degrade vital marine habitats necessary for fish breeding. This has pushed small-scale fishers out of their livelihoods and caused the average fish consumption per person to drop from 29kg to 17.8kg.
- The Spanish Interior Ministry reported 46,843 irregular migrant arrivals via the Canary Islands in 2024, with approximately 3,176 migrant deaths on this route, described as Earth's deadliest migration corridor.
- The Environmental Justice Foundation urges urgent reforms for transparent fisheries governance and reduced industrial licenses to restore Senegal's marine resources and reduce dangerous migration attempts.
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Migration corrects part of the new regulations on aliens to avoid discriminating against relatives of foreigners who are nationals
The Ministry of Inclusion has approved two sets of instructions that seek to avoid the risk of discrimination against nationalised citizens who want to bring their foreign relatives to Spain and make part of the new requirements of the arraigos more flexible. It does not include for now a solution for asylum seekers who are pushed underground by the new norm, the most controversial point
Foreign Overfishing in Senegal Fuels Migration to Spain, Report Finds
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Overfishing by foreign vessels is decimating fish stocks in the West African country of Senegal, which is in turn fuelling migration to Spain, according to a report released Tuesday. World News | Foreign Overfishing in Senegal Fuels Migration to Spain, Report Finds.
The reason for risky boat migration to Spain
Overfishing by foreign fleets is crippling Senegal’s fishing industry and pushing thousands of fishers to risk the deadly sea journey to Spain’s Canary Islands, according to a damning new report released today, May 13, 2025, by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF). The UK-based human rights and environmental NGO links the collapse of Senegal’s fish stocks to a sharp rise in irregular… Source
Overfishing a main factor behind immigration on Canary Islands route
The British charity Environmental Justice Foundation has claimed that overfishing off the African coast is one of the main factors behind irregular immigration on the dangerous Canarian route. A report and film by the charity claims that overfishing by Chinese and European industrial commercial fleets has had a devastating impact on coastal communities and contributed to worsening poverty, making emigration an unavoidable option for many fami…
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