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April 29, 2023 News

Alarm Over Surge in Migrant Arrivals in Canary Islands

Government officials want to know if the increase in arrivals from Morocco is part of a larger trend.

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September 19, 2021 Reportage

Blowing Your Top in the Canary Islands

By William J. Furney Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez decided to postpone his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York and head to the Canary Islands, the seven-isle

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March 6, 2021 Commentage / Reportage

African Migrants in the Canaries: Not a Drop of Water to Drink

By William J. Furney PLAYA DEL INGLES — On a run early this morning on the subtropical island of Gran Canaria, just across a short stretch of sea from the

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November 22, 2020 Commentage

Unwelcome Strangers in a Very Strange Land

By William J. Furney MASPALOMAS — They move like spooked yet expectant ghosts in this fat land. Their exotic, ebony skin is an anomaly on an homogenous island renowned for

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May 9, 2020 Reportage / Travel

A Rude Sahara Sandstorm Diversion That Went Viral

By William J. Furney I am wondering if it’s possible that I’m sitting across the narrow aisle from the most annoying person in the world. In a blaring brash voice,

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June 30, 2018 Travel

On Top of the World, and Star-Gazing, in Tenerife

By William J. Furney Why are observatories painted white? Wouldn’t a natural shade of green be better, so they’d blend in with the environment and not stick out like an

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