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Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service (Salvamento Marítimo) has assisted 854 migrants aboard seven small, open motorised fishing vessels in waters off the Canary Island of El Hierro since the early hours of Friday morning. The boats were escorted to the harbour of La Restinga, in the municipality of El Pinar, where those on board received medical…

The EU’s border agency Frontex is set to gain new powers to return irregular migrants from one non-EU country to another, further extending European migration policy beyond the bloc’s borders, according to several EU officials who spoke to Euronews on condition of anonymity.

Spanish National Police reported on Thursday that the located 74 irregular migrants last Tuesday, living in overcrowded, precarious conditions, including ten unaccompanied minors, at a property in the El Príncipe neighbourhood of Ceuta.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called on the European Commission to scrutinise Spain’s plan to legalise the status of 600,000 irregular migrants, directly challenging Madrid’s migration policy during the EU leaders’ summit.

At least 139 migrants died after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti earlier this week, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday, with 84 others still missing.