24 February 2020
Frontex deportation flights are heading from Spain to Mauritania. But many of the people on board are not Mauritanian citizens.
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"On Monday, a Frontex operated repatriation flight took off from Spain’s Canary Islands for Mauritania. 51 African migrants were on board. This is the third such flight this year, says the Spanish Ombudsman. The repatriations are a result of a 2003 agreement signed between Spain and Mauritania.
As the Spanish civil guard was still looking for three boats reported missing off the Canary Islands, other reports were coming through of a Frontex repatriation flight. The flight took off on Monday according to the news agency AFP and the Spanish Ombudsman. It was carrying 51 people aboard."
Back to Mauritania: Frontex repatriates migrants arriving on Canary Islands (InfoMigrants, link)
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