More than 550 migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands in the past two days, Spain's maritime rescue service said, saying at least one body was found on board one of the boats.
The Spanish archipelago, off the coast of northwest Africa, continues to see a large number of migrant arrivals as more people attempt the dangerous Atlantic crossing.
In the first half of January, 3,409 migrants reached Spain by sea, most of them to the Canary Islands, according to Interior Ministry data. In the same period last year, the same number of migrants arrived illegally.
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