Holidaymakers in the Canary Islands are urged to “exercise caution” in coastal areas as yellow alerts have been issued by Spain’s weather agency Aemet. The yellow warnings come into force in the early hours for Tuesday January 21 and last until midnight.

In 2024, an average of nearly two migrant boats reached the Canary Islands each day. 692 boats in all carried more than 46,000 people that year, mostly from Mauritania, Senegal and Morocco. The majority arrive to the tiny,

As many as 50 migrants, many of them Pakistanis, may have drowned in the latest deadly wreck involving people trying to make the crossing from West Africa to Spain's Canary Islands, migrant rights group Walking Borders said on Thursday.

A dust storm is likely to cause unsettled conditions in two popular holiday destinations in the Canary Islands, the state weather agency has warned. The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET for the Canary Islands) issued a weather update forecasting light calima (dust storms) in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

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.

A photo of a baby born at sea during a perilous crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by migrants from Africa has been made public by Spain’s maritime rescue service.

Total of 10,547 migrants died trying to reach Spain by boat last year, according to monitoring group Caminando Fronteras

New rules for tourists staying in hotels and apartments across Spain have faced backlash from bosses in the tourism sector who fear the increased measures could drive holidaymakers towards other destinations.

“Fifty people have died on a boat headed for the Canary Islands, 44 of whom were Pakistani,” CEO of Caminando Fronteras / Walking Borders Helena Maleno, wrote on X. “They spent 13 agonising days at sea without rescuers reaching them.”

Spain’s Canary Islands video game industry got a major shot in the arm this week as local developer Quantum Box Games, a studio based in Gran Canaria, secured a significant Japanese investment.

A baby girl was born on a migrant dinghy en route to Spain's Canary Islands this week, Spain's rescue service said on Wednesday, publishing a photograph of the newborn, its mother and dozens of other migrants on the crowded boat.

Spain's Canary Islands feel "abandoned" as irregular migrant arrivals smash records and the political class lacks "solidarity", the region's leader said in an interview published on Monday.