Overview

• A migrant boat carrying about 180 people capsized at La Restinga port on May 28, resulting in the deaths of four women and three minors.
• Authorities say panic and exhaustion among migrants triggered a shift aboard the overcrowded vessel as children were disembarking, causing it to flip.
• Maritime Rescue and Red Cross teams performed helicopter evacuations to Tenerife hospitals and continue treating dozens of injured migrants.
• Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Canary Islands Governor Fernando Clavijo offered condolences to victims’ families and urged the European Union to bolster rescue coordination.
• The Atlantic crossing to the Canary Islands remains one of Europe’s deadliest migration routes, underscoring persistent gaps in policy, reception capacity and emergency response.