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Interior data up to 15 October 2026 · next report: cut-off 31 October 2026 · Frontex up to August 2026

  1. How many people reached the Canary Islands in the latest fortnight? 1–15 October 2026, according to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior.
    Answer

    1,837 That is 122.5 a day on average, 71% of everything that arrived in the fortnight.

  2. Where do most people enter Spain in 2026? Cumulative arrivals from 1 January to 15 October 2026.
    Answer

    Canary Islands Canary Islands 8,970, Balearic Islands 6,741, Mainland Spain 6,717, Ceuta 4,078.

  3. How many people have reached Spain so far in 2026? All routes, from 1 January to 15 October 2026.
    Answer

    27,230 An average of 94.5 a day.

  4. Is that more or less than in 2025 at this point? Same stretch of the year, from 1 January to the date of the latest report.
    Answer

    Less −5.9%. That year there were 28,922 by the same date of 2025.

SPAINMOROCCOALGERIAW. SAHARAMAURITANIAPORTUGALOverland through Morocco → Ceuta: 0 arrivalsOverland through Morocco → Melilla: 31 arrivalsAlgerian coast → Balearic Islands: 333 arrivalsNorthern Morocco → Mainland Spain: 383 arrivalsWestern Sahara and Mauritania → Canary Islands: 1,837 arrivalsNorthern Morocco → Mainland Spain: 383 arrivalsOverland through Morocco → Ceuta: 0 arrivalsOverland through Morocco → Melilla: 31 arrivalsStrait of Gibraltar and Alboran SeaMainland Spain383Ceuta0Melilla31Ceuta0Melilla31Balearic Islands333Mainland Spain383Canary Islands1,837

Figures from the latest report of the Spanish Ministry of the Interior. Nothing you answer is stored.