![Spanish coastguards arrive in Arguineguin carrying migrants after their rescue in Gran Canaria island, Spain on Wednesday Nov. 25, 2020. Spanish rescue services said Wednesday at least seven people died after a migrant boat carrying more than 30 people hit rocks close to a small port on the Canary Island of Lanzarote. Many of the rescued were taken to the ArguineguÃn dock on the southwestern coast of Gran Canaria island, where several thousand people of different origin are being kept, some in tents. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/MFZF6BA73MWZMBFG6IISKSNPLI.jpg?smart=true&auth=a12fbac7a636fa7e3d2f2be57057842f9a6f2eaad7492799694512d9d0cc9d97&width=400&height=225)
Spanish rescue services respond to a capsized migrant boat in the Canary Islands. AP
Spanish rescue services respond to a capsized migrant boat in the Canary Islands. AP
Eight migrants die as boat capsizes off the Canary Islands
Arrivals in the Spanish archipelago have surged tenfold during the pandemic