Mauritania: The Spanish interior minister welcomes a "joint effort for immigration" from Mauritania, a wall against immigration to the Canary Islands? This is the message delivered during the visit on November 3rd to Nouakchott by the Minister of the Interior of Spain. Fernando Grande-Marlesque Gómez, who was received by the President of Mauritania, after talks with the Ministers of the Interior, Defense and Fisheries, warmly welcomed the cooperation of the two countries. Of the 52 boats that arrived in this Spanish archipelago in October, only one came from Mauritania, compared to 39 from Senegal and Gambia. But Nouakchott now wants to turn this security barrier into development aid. read more