Published January 02,2025
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Spain set a brand new file for migrant arrivals in 2024, with 63,970 individuals coming into Spanish territory irregularly by land or sea, based on Interior Ministry knowledge launched on Thursday.
This marks the second consecutive 12 months that Spain has damaged its file for arrivals.
In 2023, the full was 55,718 — nearly double the quantity recorded in 2022.
In 2024, the overwhelming majority of irregular arrivals — 46,843 — made the treacherous journey by sea from northwest Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands.
A report launched in December by the NGO Caminando Fronteras estimated that a mean of 30 individuals misplaced their lives day by day whereas attempting to succeed in Spain in 2024. Nearly 10,000 died trying to succeed in the Canary Islands.
The president of Spain’s Canary Islands has highlighted the area’s lack of ability to deal with the inflow, notably in relation to minors, saying providers are saturated and unable to deal with them with dignity or in step with human rights obligations.
In an interview with Spanish broadcaster RTVE on Thursday, Spain’s Migration Minister Elma Saiz mentioned the federal government is working to succeed in an settlement that will routinely redistribute younger migrants to the mainland.
Saiz additionally highlighted that in 2025, the nation’s new immigration legislation will take impact. It is ready to legalize round 300,000 undocumented immigrants yearly over the subsequent three years.
The 12 months “2025 will mark Spain as a beacon for inclusion and living in harmony with migrants,” she mentioned.
The minister applauded the EU’s Migration Pact, reached in 2024, which she mentioned shall be carried out in 2025.
The different major migration route into Spain was through ships to the Spanish mainland or the Balearic Islands within the Mediterranean, which noticed almost 14,500 arrivals in 2024.
A big spike was additionally noticed in migrants crossing the land border into Ceuta, Spain’s North African enclave, the place greater than 2,500 individuals crossed — greater than double the quantity in 2023.
Source: www.anews.com.tr