At least 8,561 migrants have reached the Canary Islands over the past two weeks, representing more than a third of this year's total arrivals, data from Spain's interior ministry showed on Monday.
Between Jan. 1 and Oct. 15 of this year, the islands in the Atlantic received 23,537 migrants, an 80% increase from the same period last year, the data showed.
Milder weather and calmer seas in September, October and sometimes November usually trigger an increase in migrant arrivals. Acting Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska visited the archipelago on Monday and said the country would deploy two additional planes to help monitor migration routes.
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