MADRID – Ibiza and Mallorca are housing migrants in hotels and holding centres after the Balearic Islands government declared an “immigration emergency” in the popular holiday destination.

Between 1 January and 15 September, 5,465 migrants have arrived in Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, a 70.9 per cent rise compared with the same period last year, according to the Spanish interior ministry.

The vast majority have come in small boats from Algeria , which has become the new boom route for illegal migration from Africa to Spain . New Feature

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This year to the end of June, France and Spain received the most asylum applications in the EU+ with 78,000 and 77,000 respectively, with more Venezuelan applications partly responsible.

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