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Living in the Canary Islands: pros, costs, housing and everyday life

The Canary Islands are Spain’s warm, Atlantic backyard. Seven main islands with distinct moods, black- and golden-sand beaches, and a slower daily rhythm than the mainland. Life gravitates to the ...
CNN

Canary Islanders call for hunger strike to protest against overtourism they say is pricing them out

Locals in the Canary Islands are mobilizing to protest against excessive tourism, blaming visitors for pricing them out of their homes and causing environmental damage. The Spanish archipelago, which ...
Little Rock Public Radio

He risked his life to reach the Canary Islands, but getting there was only the start

After surviving a dangerous sea crossing, many migrants who reach Spain's Canary Islands find themselves stranded for months, unable to work and clinging to the hope that life will be better once they ...
Los Angeles Times

Record number of migrants arrived this year in Spain’s Canary Islands, most from Senegal

BARCELONA, Spain — A record number of migrants have made the treacherous boat journey on the Atlantic Ocean to Spain’s Canary Islands this year, and most of the 32,000 people are coming from Senegal.
Stars and Stripes

Wide array of activities make Canary Islands more than a warm getaway

For decades, many of those fed up with the cold and bleakness of northern Europe’s winter months have found their way to one relatively close-by, reliably warm and oftentimes sunny destination: The ...