A group of MEPs on Monday (4 September) voted in favour of a report calling on the European Commission and the 25 EU member states to take "concrete action" to help Spain curb the waves of illegal immigrants arriving to the Canary Islands.
The parliament's civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee unanimously approved the report written by three MEPs who visited the islands in June.
"The sheer scale of those willing to put their lives at risk in attempting to cross to th...
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