Spain’s busiest day as hundreds of migrants head for southern coast

Spanish coastguards have rescued around 600 migrants in their busiest ever day. The number of migrants arriving in Spain looks set to double this year, to 11,000. Toy paddle boats and a jet ski were amongst the vessels used by the latest arrivals, who counted 35 women and children amongst them. Despite a fall in numbers last month, however, Italy is still the frontline of the European migrant crisis, with over 100,000 making the voyage from Libya since the start of the year. Over 2,000 have perished on that route so far in 2017.