More than 1,500 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands in one day - a record.
One boat was carrying up to 240 people, including women and children, Reuters reports.
Most of the immigrants were from Senegal, Gambia and Guinea. Europeans on the Internet fear that undocumented migrants could reach other EU countries through Spain. The Canary Islands had earlier declared a state of social emergency.
The previous record was set in November 2020 - when 1,461 people arrived in the Canary Islands in one day.