Spain and The Gambia sign partnership agreement on migration control in the Canary Islands
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez indicated that Spain will launch a new strategy to improve relations with Africa, especially Western Africa and the Sahel, which will be considered priority regions.
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00:00Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced Spain will sign a series of partnership agreements
00:06with Gambia aimed at stemming the surge in migrants arriving to the Canary Islands from
00:11West Africa.
00:14Our countries will sign a memorandum of understanding on circular migration. This new initiative
00:22aims at facilitating safe, orderly and regular migration that will benefit both the people
00:30our countries and citizens.
00:34Sanchez's visit to Gambia is part of his three-day tour of West Africa, during which he hopes
00:39to reinforce bilateral relations with Mauritania, Gambia and Senegal.
00:45The three coastal African nations have become the main departure points of migrants trying
00:50to reach the Canary Islands, where, according to Spain's interior ministry, more than 22,000
00:56people have arrived since January.
01:01Sanchez reached an agreement with Mauritanian President Mohamed Oulghazouani earlier this
01:07week to renew cooperation between their nation's security forces to combat people smuggling.