The 2 international locations expressed “their dedication to work collectively to advertise protected, orderly and common migration” and assure “the truthful and humane remedy of migrants”, in a joint declaration.
Almost day by day, Spain’s coastguard rescues a ship carrying dozens of African migrants in the direction of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa.
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The Atlantic route is perilous because of the robust currents, with 1000’s of deaths and disappearances yearly on overloaded, typically unseaworthy boats.
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Sánchez arrived in Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott on Tuesday, marking the beginning of a three-day journey that additionally takes in The Gambia and Senegal – three key international locations within the migration disaster.
Alongside the joint declaration, Spain and Mauritania have signed a memorandum of understanding to implement “a pilot venture for the choice of Mauritanian staff of their nation of origin” to work in Spain, in keeping with a separate doc despatched to AFP on Tuesday, with out giving figures.
It consists of “round migration programmes… with a selected concentrate on younger folks and girls”, the joint declaration stated.
Sánchez, who on Wednesday visits The Gambia after which Senegal, additionally held talks with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani.
The Mauritanian presidency on Monday stated MPs would meet on September 2 to look at texts aimed toward tightening laws on unlawful migration.
They embody the creation of a specialised courtroom to crack down on migrant smuggling and the introduction of latest felony provisions.
Madrid estimates there are some 200,000 folks in Mauritania ready to go to the Canaries.
Between January 1 and August 15 this 12 months, 22,304 migrants reached the Islands, in contrast with 9,864 in the identical interval in 2023 — a rise of 126 p.c, in keeping with inside ministry figures.
Throughout all of Spain, there have been 31,155 arrivals as much as mid-August, a 66.2-percent improve on the 18,745 a 12 months earlier.