The biggest rescue operation involved a small canoe carrying 143 people (74 men, 47 women, and 22 children) 23 miles off the coast of El Hierro - the farthest south and west Canary Island.

A British woman has died after being swept into the water by a wave at famous sea caves on the Canary island of Fuerteventura. Three people who were sat beside the 32-year-old also ended up in the ...

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 ...

A British woman has drowned after a wave swept her into the sea close to well-known caves on the Canary Islands. The 32-year-old holidaymaker was one of four people who ended up in the water after ...

MADRID, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A baby girl was born on a migrant dinghy en route to Spain's Canary Islands ... A total of 60 people were on board, including 14 women and four children.

Rescue workers from Spain’s Canary Islands, encountered the inflatable raft, containing 60 people including 14 women and four children, off the coast of the island of Lanzarote, telling local ...

Local Caption *** 55401644 AT least 435 boat migrants on have arrived to the Canary Islands in Spain this weekend. A boat carrying 75 people from sub-Saharan Africa, one of them a woman ...

A baby girl was born at sea on a migrant dinghy en route to Spain from Africa on Monday, according to the Spanish maritime rescue service.