"Last night, the Canary Islands Rescue Service staff and Red Cross medics treated 142 migrants who arrived in two boats at the Arguineguin pier of Gran Canaria," the center wrote on X.
Eleven migrants were taken to local hospitals with "small health problems," it added.
Over 5,000 migrants have died in the first five months of 2024 while trying to reach Spain by sea, which equals 33 deaths per day, Caminando Fronteras, a migrants' rights group, said in June. Of them, 4,800 died trying to reach the Canary Islands.
Large groups of irregular migrants regularly attempt to cross Spain's southern and island borders. The Spanish Interior Ministry said that nearly 20,000 irregular immigrants had arrived in the country since the beginning of 2024 to June 30, which is a 167% increase compared with the same period last year.