Saturday, September 02, 2006
September Started with Another 430 Immigrants
Three immigrants died on Friday during their attempt to arrive at the coasts of the Canary Islands from West Africa, on a day which brought six cayucos with a total of 430 people, among them at least 24 minors and four women.
That brought the number to 824 in two days and 1,481 since Monday.
Meanwhile it has been announced that Spain will host a meeting of countries forming the European Union's southern frontier to tighten maritime controls against illegal immigration, in Madrid, before the end of the month.
While locally, representatives of the seven island corporations and of the Canary Islands Government held a meeting yesterday to discuss the situation of the unaccompanied minor immigrants. The seven cabildos are asking the State to revise the tests which are used to determine their ages. They estimate that maybe half of the close to 700 in Canary Islands care at the moment could be of age and therefore eligible to be repatriated back to their countries of origin.
Tres muertos en una jornada con 430 inmigrantes en seis barcazas
