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Boys sit in a classroom at Nouadhibou's Organization for the Support of Migrants and refugees, Mauritania, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Moulay)

A school helps migrants in Mauritania. Is it enough to keep them from leaving for Europe?

A school for migrant children in Mauritania is an example of what’s to come after the European Union pledged more than $200 million last year to help persuade people there against coming to the continent.

Ramzan Khan, second right, father of Muhammad Arslan, a victim of last month's migrant boat capsizing off West Africa's Atlantic coastline, is comforted by his elder son before a funeral prayer of Arslan, in Mirza Virkan village, in the Sheikhpura district, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Bodies of 4 Pakistanis who died on a migrant boat journey off West Africa return home for burial

A wooden boat used by migrants from Morocco is seen at the coast of the Canary Island on Friday, Oct.16, 2020. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz, File)

Spain says over 550 migrants reached its Canary Islands in 2 days

A Pakistani Mohammad Akram shows a picture of his son Abu Bakar, one of the victims of a migrant boat that capsized in West Africa's Atlantic coastline, on his cell phone at his home, in Jura village, in the Lalamusa district in Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

More than 40 Pakistanis feared drowned in the capsizing of a migrant boat off African coast

This photo provided by Salvamento Maritimo shows a baby, right, who was born at sea during a perilous crossing of Atlantic Ocean by migrants from Africa to reach the Canary Islands, Spain, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (Salvamento Maritimo via AP)

A photo captures rescue of a baby born on dangerous sea crossing to Spain’s Canary Islands

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Migrants from Senegal undeterred by risks on journey to Spain’s Canary Islands

Hundreds of migrants have attempted to make the dangerous crossing between Senegal and Spain’s Canary Islands. Many of them, like Salamba Ndiaye, are young and hoping for a better life. And although Spain’s government is determined to curb migration, those wanting to cross have been undeterred.

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Wildfire rages in Canary island of Tenerife

Wildfire rages in Spain’s Canary islands

Protest in Tenerife: ‘The Canaries have had enough’

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Migrants crowd a wooden boat as they sail to the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Maria Ximena, File)

More than 10,000 migrants died this year trying to reach Spain by sea, aid group says

9 dead as boat carrying migrants capsizes off Spain’s Canary Islands

Migrants crowd a wooden boat as they sail to the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. Emergency services on Spain's Canary Islands say 175 migrants have arrived in a boat on the Canary Island of El Hierro on Sunday, after a seven-day sailing from the coast of Senegal. (AP Photo/Maria Ximena)

Spain’s prime minister visits Canary Islands to discuss irregular migration and unaccompanied minors

A baby is carried by members of the Red Cross in the port of La Restinga at El Hierro in the Canary Islands on Saturday, June 6, 2024, after being rescued by the Spanish Sea Rescue. Spain's Canary Islands are struggling to deal with thousands of teenagers and children traveling alone to the archipelago from Senegal, Mali, and other African nations. (Europa Press via AP)

Thousands of migrant kids have reached the Canary Islands alone. Local officials want Spain’s help

Undated family handout issued by LBT Global on Monday July 15, 2024, of Jay Slater. Human remains have been found in the search for a British teen who went missing almost a month ago on the island of Tenerife, Spanish police said Monday. (Family Handout/LBT Global via AP)

Body found on Tenerife is identified as British teen missing for nearly a month

A cruise ship rescues 68 migrants and finds 5 bodies in a boat adrift in the Atlantic Ocean

FILE - Empty boats used by migrants are moored at the port of Arguineguin in the Canary island of Gran Canaria, Spain, on Nov. 21, 2021. Spanish maritime rescuers say they have pulled 38 people alive and recovered two bodies from a migrant boat that was trying to reach the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

At least 7 are dead and 38 are rescued after a migrant boat was found near Spain’s Canary Islands

La proue d'une pirogue, un bateau de pêche sénégalais typique qui est également utilisé par les migrants à destination de l'Europe, alors qu'une tempête approche près de Dakar, au Sénégal, le lundi 4 septembre 2023. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

36 jours en mer : récit des naufragés qui ont survécu aux hallucinations, à la soif et au désespoir

FILE - Migrants stand at the Arguineguin port in Gran Canaria island, Spain, after being rescued in the Atlantic Ocean by emergency workers on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2020. The deployment of two Spanish surveillance planes to watch for migrant boats heading on the treacherous route from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands has enabled authorities to stop 59 canoes from Senegal and Gambia carrying around 7,200 migrants in the past two months, a senior Spanish official said Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz, File)

A Spanish official says spotter planes are helping curtail the number of West African migrant boats

In this photo provided by the Guardia Civil on Friday Dec. 15, 2023, items stolen from suitcases are displayed on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain. Spanish police say they have arrested 14 workers at one of the country's main tourist airports on suspicion of stealing items from checked-in luggage. Police seized allegedly stolen items worth almost 2 million euros ($2.2 million) from the group of employees at the largest airport in Tenerife, in Spain's Canary Islands. (Guardia Civil via AP)

Spanish police arrest 14 airport workers after items go missing from checked-in luggage

Migrants crowd a wooden boat as they are towed to the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. More than 32,000 migrants have landed in Spain's Canary Islands this year setting a new record for the number of irregular arrivals to the archipelago. Most migrants taking the dangerous Atlantic boat journey are leaving from Senegal. (Humberto Bilbao/Europa Press via AP)

A record number of migrants have arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands this year. Most are from Senegal

Spain considers using military barracks to house migrants amid uptick in arrivals by boat

More than 1,600 migrants arrive on Spanish Canary Islands. One boat carried 320 people

New wildfire on Spain’s Tenerife island forces 3,000 evacuations. Area suffered major summer fire

Migrants arrive at Puerto del Rosario on the Canary island of Fuerteventura, Spain, Tuesday Oct. 3, 2023. Emergency services on the Spanish Canary Islands say more than 500 migrants have reached the nearby island of Hierro in four large wooden boats since Monday. One of the boats was carrying 280 migrants. (Europa Press via AP)

More than 650 migrants arrive on Spanish Canary Islands in 2 days. One boat carried 280 people

Firefighters and residents try to extinguish a fire in the city of Canakkale, northwest Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Authorities evacuated three villages and temporarily closed down a highway as firefighters battled a wildfire, fanned by strong winds, in northwestern Canakkale province. (Ugur Yildirim/dia images via AP)

Flames devour forests and homes as wildfires that have left 20 dead in Greece burn out of control

A helicopter flies over a wildfire near Vatontas village on the Aegean Sea island of Evia, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Major wildfires were burning in Greece and on one of Spain's Canary Islands off the African coast Monday, with hot, dry and windy conditions hampering the efforts of hundreds of firefighters battling the blazes, two of which have been burning for several days. (AP Photo/Thodoris Nikolaou)

Gale-force winds are fanning dozens of wildfires across Greece, leaving 2 dead, 2 injured

Local residents try to clean the forest to prevent it from flames as fire advances in La Orotava in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Firefighters have battled through the night to try to bring under control the worst wildfire in decades on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, a major tourist destination. The fire in the north of the island started Tuesday night and has forced the evacuation or confinement of nearly 8,000 people. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

Wildfire on Spain’s popular tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately, official says

Flares are seen on the horizon as the fire advances through the forest toward the town of La Laguna and Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Firefighters have battled through the night to try to bring under control the worst wildfire in decades on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, a major tourist destination. The fire in the north of the island started Tuesday night and has forced the evacuation or confinement of nearly 8,000 people. Regional officials say Friday's efforts will be crucial in containing the fire. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

Thousands more evacuated as Tenerife fire rages on Spain’s Canary Islands

Emergency crews and firefighters work near the fire advancing through the forest toward the town of El Rosario in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Officials say a wildfire is burning out of control through the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, affecting nearly 8,000 people who have been evacuated or ordered to stay indoors. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

Firefighters battle smoke and heat to control a major wildfire in Spain’s tourist island of Tenerife

The flames advance through the forest near the town of El Rosario, as wildfire continues to burn on Tenerife, Canary Islands, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. An out-of-control wildfire on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife has burned some 2,600 hectares (6,400 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of some 300 people from several small towns, Canary Islands regional president Fernando Clavijo said Thursday. (Europa Press via AP)

Out-of-control wildfire scorches Spain’s Tenerife island, affecting thousands

People move the coffin of their friend, Abdou Diop, who died trying to migrate to Europe, at the Saint Louis, Senegal, morgue Saturday, July 15, 2023. More people are making the trip across the Atlantic in rickety wooden boats known as pirogues trying to reach the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Takeaways from AP’s report on bodies from migrant boats buried on the beach in Senegal

Patches of grass mark the spot where, according to officials and witnesses, bodies of migrants from capsized boats attempting the dangerous trip from West Africa to Spain are buried in unmarked beach graves in Saint Louis, Senegal, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Bodies wash ashore or are found by fishermen at sea, then are buried by authorities. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Unmarked Senegal beach graves hold untold number of West African migrants, officials and locals say

Spanish rescue service saves 84 migrants, finds 1 man dead on vessel close to the Canary Islands

A view of a burning forest fire close to homes, near Puntagorda on the Canary Island of La Palma, Saturday, July 15, 2023. Spanish authorities say that they have preemptively evacuated some 500 people to avoid a wildfire that has broken out on the Canary island of La Palma. The fire coincides with a heatwave that is hitting southern Europe. Spain recorded record high temperatures in 2022 and this spring as it endures a prolonged drought. (Europa Press via AP)

2,000 evacuated in La Palma wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands; official says blaze ‘out of control’

Spain rescues 86 people near the Canary Island, but scores of migrants from Senegal remain missing