SPAIN: African migrants pour into Spain
published: Monday | August 7, 2006

TENERIFE, Spain (AP):

Three boats arrived in the Canary Islands yesterday carrying 308 would-be immigrants, officials said.

The first vessel to arrive, just after midnight, highlighted a stark clash of two worlds, as 97 African migrants carrying virtually no possessions scrambled up a beach where tourists were spending a warm night by the seaside.

Beach-goers offered clothes and first aid to the first group, which landed on the southern El Confital beach, near resorts Los Cristianos and Playa Las Americas.