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Senegalese Fishers Flee to Spain Amid Trawler Crisis

5/13/2025

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Foreign industrial trawlers are ravaging Senegal's fish stocks, driving local artisanal fishers to seek refuge in Spain. The desperate journey has seen a staggering rise in migrants to the Canary Islands, skyrocketing from 400 in 2017 to over 46,000 last year, with 3,000 lives tragically lost in 2023 during treacherous crossings.

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Foreign industrial trawlers are ravaging Senegal's fish stocks, driving local artisanal fishers to seek refuge in Spain. The desperate journey has seen a staggering rise in migrants to the Canary Islands, skyrocketing from 400 in 2017 to over 46,000 last year, with 3,000 lives tragically lost in 2023 during treacherous crossings.