Picture shows baby girl moments after birth on packed migrant boat

Hundreds of migrants arrive in Spain's Canary Islands continuing the record-breaking influx

Last year, more than 43,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands, a record-breaking figure that exceeds that of 2006, during the so-called 'Cayuco crisis'.

Spanish authorities say more than 180 migrants have reached the Canary Islands

The latest arrivals in 2025 add to growing concerns about the uptick in irregular migration to the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago close to the African coast that has increasingly been used as a stepping stone to continental Europe.