Spain offers drones, reinforcement to help Senegal tackle migration crisis


  • World
  • Tuesday, 31 Oct 2023

Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska attends a meeting with Senegalese authorities during a visit to discuss migration issues in Dakar, Senegal, October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Ngouda Dione

DAKAR/MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has delivered six new multicopter drones to Senegal and plans to reinforce its deployed security personnel to help the West African nation tackle a migration crisis, Spain's acting Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Monday.

Grande-Marlaska is in Senegal where he met his Senegalese counterpart, Sidiki Kaba, as the number of would-be migrants from West Africa, especially Senegal, to reach Spain's Canary Islands this year is near a record high.

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