Nearly 500 migrants arrive in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura

Coast guards have confirmed that nearly five hundred migrants have been brought to shore in the Canary Islands in under a twenty-four hour period.

Yesterday afternoon saw a tenth rescue boat bring to shore a vessel which was carrying fifty-three migrants from the sub-Saharan region to Fuerteventura. Before this boats arrival, a further nine had been rescued from the waters surrounding Lanzarote.

Government officials have said that those who have arrived have been sent to reception centres across the islands, where applications for refuge will be handled.

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