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While fewer migrants reaching the archipelago, researchers warn they are taking longer and more dangerous routes. Migrants from West Africa often travel in small wooden fishing boats, from countries like Senegal and Gambia.
There are fewer students than before. Many families have been affected by the deportations. They have left the country. According to Mauritanian authorities, more than 18,000 migrants were deported in the first half of this year. At the end of September, nearly 13,000 migrants from Mauritania reached Spain’s Canary Islands, some 95 kilometres off Africa’s Atlantic coast, more than half the number in 2024.
But while fewer migrants reaching the archipelago, researchers warn they are taking longer and more dangerous routes. Migrants from West Africa often travel in small wooden fishing boats, from countries like Senegal and Gambia. Then they go all the way to the Canary Islands, thousands of kilometres away. That often goes wrong.
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Mauritania received over USD 240 million in EU funding, including for border control and combating human trafficking.
