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Nearly 7,000 migrants have landed in Spain's Canary Islands during the last 5 months (Photo: mlp.org.mt)

EU states to help Spain fight immigration crisis

EU member states have agreed to help Spain to patrol the waters along the African coast in order to combat the increasing influx of illegal immigrants landing on the Canary Islands or on Spain's southern coastline.

Spain and eight other European countries agreed the initiative on Monday (29 May) after a meeting between representatives of the European Commission and the European Border Agency (FRONTEX) in Madrid.

Austria, Finland, France, Italy, UK, the Netherlands, Germany and G...

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Nearly 7,000 migrants have landed in Spain's Canary Islands during the last 5 months (Photo: mlp.org.mt)

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