More and more migrants arrive in Spain by sea

"While media attention is focused on the forest fires sweeping Galicia, there is another catastrophe in the south of the country which must not go unheeded," explains the daily. "Spain is experiencing its greatest avalanche of illegal immigrants in years. Nearly 16,000 illegals have arrived by sea this year from different African countries. The figures are self-explanatory. In July 2005, 860 illegal immigrants landed on the Spanish coastline. This year 3,000 arrived over the same period ... It is crucial that the Senegalese, Mauritanians, and Africans from other nations understand that they cannot all live with dignity in Spain and that their fate is either to die at sea - dozens have perished while attempting the crossing - or to live in the margins of society."

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