Swimmers watch as a 'cayuco' boat carrying African migrant people, part of a group of 386 migrants onboard of two boats, arrives at La Restinga port on the Canary island of El Hierro on August 28, 2024. Spain's left-wing government is grappling with a major upsurge in migrant arrivals, notably in the Canary Islands, which has left the Atlantic archipelago feeling increasingly abandoned by Madrid and Brussels. The rising numbers have prompted Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's latest diplomatic foray into West Africa where on August 27 he begins a three-day visit to the main countries concerned: Mauritania, The Gambia and Senegal. (Photo by Antonio Sempere / AFP)