Spain expelled eight per cent of illegal migrants in 2021
Arrivals by small boats so far this year have decreased by 24%.
Migrant boat, Mallorca
Typical migrant boat (Archive).
Two arrests for skippering migrant boat
Both had previously been detained in Spain for illegal entry.
Guardia Civil interception of a migrant boat off Cabrera
Guardia Civil interception of a migrant boat off Cabrera. (Archive.)
Skipper of a migrant boat in Palma, Mallorca
The skipper of a migrant boat in court in Palma.
Four-year sentence for migrant boat 'skipper'
Criminal prosecution of migrant boat skippers has been intensifying.
Migrants in Portocolom, Mallorca
Migrants in Portocolom.
350 migrants arrive in the Balearics in just over 24 hours
Slightly more than a quarter of all migrants this year have arrived since Friday morning.
Guardia Civil with a migrant boat
Guardia Civil with a migrant boat.
Mallorca migrants are not all Algerian
The Red Cross carry out health checks and provide humanitarian aid.
Prison for four "skippers" of migrant boats
Migrants can pay as much as 3,000 euros to criminal organisations.
The migrants were intercepted this morning.
The migrants were intercepted this morning.
Migrant boat in Mallorca
The migrant boats all come from Algeria.
Nineteen migrants detained in Cabrera
Thirty-five migrant boats have arrived in the Balearics so far this year.
The Guardia Civil are monitoring nautical activity in the Balearic waters.
The Guardia Civil are monitoring nautical activity in the Balearic waters.
Wave of illegal immigrants sail into the Balearics
467 illegal immigrants on board 32 boats have been intercepted so far this year in the Balearics.
Migrant boat skipper in Mallorca arrested and sent to prison
The boat's skipper is now in prison.
"Skipper" of migrant boat sent to prison
A migrant boat with nineteen people was intercepted last Wednesday.
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