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Over 18,000 migrants, mostly young men, arrived in the Canary Islands this year (Photo: mlp.org.mt)

Spain seeks more EU help on immigration

Spain will seek more EU aid and co-operation to help halt the increasing number of illegal immigrants arriving from the African continent, as refugee boats continue to arrive in unprecedented numbers.

Spanish deputy prime minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega will this week travel to Finland, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, as well as to Brussels.

Ms Fernandez de la Vega will on Tuesday (29 August) meet with Finnish president Tarja Halonen and prime minister...

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Over 18,000 migrants, mostly young men, arrived in the Canary Islands this year (Photo: mlp.org.mt)

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