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Demonstrators demand better conditions for Canary Islands’ migrant arrivals

Demonstrators demand better conditions for Canary Islands’ migrant arrivals

BORJA SUAREZ DEMONSTRATORS on the Canary Islands have demanded better living conditions for thousands of migrants who have reached the Spanish archipelago from Africa. A slow procession of hundreds of demonstrators, some on foot and some in cars, crossed the island of Gran Canaria before reaching the Arguineguin dock in the town of Mogan, where nearly 2,000 migrants are living in tents in conditions that an immigration judge has called "inhumane and degrading". Over 700 migrants in small boats were rescued on Saturday, coastguards said, bringing the number of people who have reached the islands by the dangerous Atlantic route…
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