TOPSHOT - Spanish Salvamento Maritimo (Sea Search and Rescue agency) vessel "Salvamar Adhara" tows a boat after rescuing the 63 migrant people who were drifting without propulsion off the the coast of La Restinga port, where they were eventually brought to shore, on the Canary island of El Hierro on August 21, 2024. The number of migrants reaching the Canary Islands more than doubled in the first 7.5 months of 2024. Figures show that 22,304 migrants reached the Atlantic archipelago in the period to August 15, up from 9,864 in the same period a year earlier, interior ministry numbers show. The figure represents a 126-percent increase year on year. (Photo by Antonio Sempere / AFP)