Overview

• Boat landings to the Canary Islands fell 28.5% in late May and are down 35% compared to the same period in 2024, marking six straight months of decline.
• Nationally, 15,769 irregular migrants arrived by the end of May, with 73% crossing by sea, making it the second-highest total for this period since 2017.
• Arrivals by land into Ceuta and Melilla declined by 28% to 762 migrants this year, and only four small-boat landings were recorded in the autonomous cities.
• Irregular crossings to the Spanish peninsula and Balearic Islands rose by 8.7%, totaling 4,020 sea arrivals in the first five months.
• A recent capsizing off El Hierro killed seven migrants, highlighting the high risks of the Atlantic migration route.