At least 144 refugees and migrants are dead or missing after multiple maritime incidents off Mauritania's coast, part of the dangerous Atlantic migration route to Europe. UNHCR reported 387 people rescued, with one vessel losing 143 lives after drifting for 25 days.
Pope Leo urged leaders to address the "indifference" towards migrants risking death at sea, speaking in Spain's Canary Islands. He called for safe migration pathways and condemned human trafficking, echoing his predecessor's concerns.
Pope Leo XIV visited Arguineguin port in Gran Canaria, a migration crisis hotspot, to address migrants and criticize European leaders for their treatment of refugees and the Mediterranean becoming "unmarked graves."
Pope Leo urged world leaders to treat refugees and migrants more humanely during a visit to Spain's Canary Islands, a major migration hotspot. He warned against indifference and called for upholding human dignity, stating that history would judge those who fail to protect those fleeing war or poverty.
Pope Francis will visit the Canary Islands to highlight the plight of migrants, emphasizing safe and legal pathways to Europe and calling for a humane welcome. His visit contrasts with rhetoric of a migration 'crisis' and 'invasion,' as Spain's government offers a path to legal status for undocumented migrants.
Pope Francis will visit Spain's Canary Islands to highlight the plight of migrants, many of whom risk their lives crossing the Atlantic. The visit comes as Spain's government offers a pathway to legal status for undocumented migrants, drawing criticism from opposition parties.
Pope Leo XIV began a week-long visit to Spain, calling for an end to divisive rhetoric and praising the country's commitment to international law and immigration policies, amid a schedule that includes addressing social justice, meeting abuse victims, and honoring migrant deaths.
Pope Leo begins Spain tour with call to global leaders to avoid divisive rhetoric, promote peace, and respect human dignity, amidst criticisms of Trump's policies.
Pope Leo begins Spain tour by urging leaders to seek unity over division, emphasizing peace, and meeting with marginalized groups, including migrants and sexual abuse survivors, amidst a backdrop of Spain's progressive immigration policies and the Church's reckoning with its past.
A 34-year-old British mother of five, Emily Casey, has been placed in an induced coma on Gran Canaria after falling ill during a family holiday. She developed breathing problems, fluid in her lung, and sepsis, leading to her hospitalization and current critical condition.
The Russian embassy in the Netherlands has not received any requests for assistance from the Russian citizen aboard the MV Hondius, where a hantavirus outbreak occurred. Dutch authorities are preparing quarantine modules in Rotterdam for 23 non-Dutch crew members, including the Russian national.
Twenty-two people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day isolating in self-contained flats in MerseysideWhat is hantavirus?Passengers evacuated to the UK from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are spending their first day at an isolation facility after being repatriated from Tenerife.A chartered Titan Airways flight transported the MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands to Manchester airport on Sunday evening. The evacuation of passengers of all nationalities will be completed on Monday, with flights arriving from Australia and the Netherlands, Spain’s health minister has said. Continue reading...
Twenty-two people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day isolating in self-contained flats in MerseysideWhat is hantavirus?Passengers evacuated to the UK from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are spending their first day at an isolation facility after being repatriated from Tenerife.A chartered Titan Airways flight transported the MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands to Manchester airport on Sunday evening. The evacuation of passengers of all nationalities will be completed on Monday, with flights arriving from Australia and the Netherlands, Spain’s health minister has said. Continue reading...
Twenty-two people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day isolating in self-contained flats in MerseysideWhat is hantavirus?Passengers evacuated to the UK from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are spending their first day at an isolation facility after being repatriated from Tenerife.A chartered Titan Airways flight transported the MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands to Manchester airport on Sunday evening. The evacuation of passengers of all nationalities will be completed on Monday, with flights arriving from Australia and the Netherlands, Spain’s health minister has said. Continue reading...
Twenty people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day living in self-contained flats in MerseysidePassengers evacuated to the UK from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are spending their first day at an isolation facility after being repatriated from Tenerife.A chartered Titan Airways flight transported the MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands to Manchester airport on Sunday evening. The evacuation of passengers of all nationalities will be completed on Monday, with flights arriving from Australia and the Netherlands, Spain’s health minister has said. Continue reading...
Two Indian crew members aboard the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius have been evacuated to the Netherlands for quarantine, confirmed healthy and asymptomatic by the Indian Embassy in Spain. The Dutch-flagged vessel experienced an outbreak after anchoring off the Canary Islands. The WHO advised a risk-based approach for managing contacts, noting limited human-to-human transmission of the Andes virus.
A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks at sea. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived near the Spanish port of Granadilla escorted by a civil guard vessel, confirmed by data from the maritime tracking service VesselFinder. Passengers and some of the crew are expected to evacuate before the ship, where an outbreak of hantavirus led to the deaths of...
A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is headed for Spain’s Canary Islands, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks at sea. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius is expected to reach waters off Tenerife at dawn on Sunday, where WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is due to help coordinate the ship’s evacuation. Three passengers from the ship – a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman – have died, while others have fallen sick with the...
Britons on MV Hondius, which is heading to Canary Islands, will be transferred to Arrowe Park hospitalPassengers from the UK who are on board the hantavirus-afflicted cruise ship heading for Tenerife will be flown to Merseyside on Sunday for hospital quarantine.The 19 British passengers and three crew will be transferred to Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral, which hosted British people returning from China at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading...
UK health authorities are gearing up to receive about 24 people from a virus-hit cruise ship, who will be isolated in a hospital once used for Covid-19 patients, NHS officials said Saturday. They are currently on board the Dutch ship, the MV Hondius, due to anchor off Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday. Most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home to their home countries after weeks at sea, in a carefully prepared repatriation effort. Among them are about 24 British...
Passengers aboard a cruise ship affected by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will start being flown to their countries of origin after the vessel arrives in the Canary Islands on Sunday, the Spanish government said on Friday. The MV Hondius is scheduled to reach the port of Granadilla on the island of Tenerife, off the coast of West Africa, on Sunday morning, cabinet minister Angel Victor Torres told journalists. “That same day, we will have planes available and will be able to start getting these...
As the remaining passengers head for the Canary Islands we look at how the virus spreads and what is being doneThe cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus is on its way to the Canary Islands, where the remaining passengers are expected to be repatriated provided they have no symptoms. Here we look at the investigation into the outbreak and what comes next. Continue reading...
Ship’s doctor, a Briton, among those evacuated from MV Hondius, which is now heading for Canary IslandsExplainer: What is hantavirus?Three people with suspected hantavirus, including a British doctor who is a crew member, have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship.The 56-year-old Briton, along with a Dutch colleague aged 41 and a 65-year-old German, were taken from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius for onward travel to the Netherlands, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Continue reading...
Pope Leo will inaugurate the soaring central tower of Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia basilica when he visits Spain next month in a week-long trip that will also take him to a migrant reception centre in the Canary Islands, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The June 6-12 visit will first bring Leo to Madrid for meetings with the government, parliament and King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. He will also preside over a prayer vigil with young people that will recall the last time a pope visited...
