In 2024, a record 46,843 people reached the Canary Islands ... discovered around 50 miles south east from Gran Canaria, carrying 59 people also from Sub-Saharan Africa, including five women.

A young German tourist sailing aboard a British catamaran along the African coast had decided to swim in the Atlantic, south of the Canary Islands. While swimming, a shark attacked her.

As Europe continues to confront large-scale irregular migration from Africa via dangerous routes, the Canary Islands are ... to a boat sighted about 140km south of Gran Canaria.