Tuesday, May 23, 2006
African boat people, a tourists' must-see
"They had been eight days at sea and some of the newly arrived immigrants were staggering about on the dock, a dramatic image that set cameras clicking and whirring in unison as dozens of tourists captured the moment for holiday albums. It is not what the authorities had expected, but far from putting people off, an invasion of African boat people has proved an unlikely tourist attraction in the Canary Islands where daily arrivals of dug-outs packed with immigrants attract crowds of spectators.", reports the Sunday Times.
African boat people, a tourists' must-see
