El Hierro3,300 arrivals since 1 November, on an island of 11,400.
The island council declared an emergency and asked Spain’s government for help with housing and a strained hospital.
Patrols off Senegal, Mauritania and Morocco pushed departures south to The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea, making crossings longer.
Spain’s interior ministry counts 13,327 sea arrivals from January to October, 5.5% fewer than last year.
Officials are still seeking temporary accommodation for the new arrivals.
How each outlet framed it
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- Al Jazeera Online
- frames the Canary surge as a local emergency request to Madrid, citing 3,300 arrivals in 30 boats and hospital strain on an island of 11,400
Sources: Al Jazeera Online