Five times more migrants last year than in 2019
Repatriation to Algeria has been complicated by a diplomatic row.
Maritime Safety Agency boat, Mallorca
The Maritime Safety Agency is regularly called upon to pick up migrants.
Migrant arrivals in Mallorca are "controlled"
Since Christmas Day, 251 migrants have arrived in Mallorca.
61 migrants intercepted in the Balearics on Christmas Day and Boxing Day
Police hunting more illegal immigrants
Migrant arrested for the twelfth time
The 38-year-old was detained on Saturday after stealing a woman's bag.
Spain expelled eight per cent of illegal migrants in 2021
Arrivals by small boats so far this year have decreased by 24%.
Migrant boat, Mallorca
Typical migrant boat (Archive).
Two arrests for skippering migrant boat
Both had previously been detained in Spain for illegal entry.
Guardia Civil interception of a migrant boat off Cabrera
Guardia Civil interception of a migrant boat off Cabrera. (Archive.)
Skipper of a migrant boat in Palma, Mallorca
The skipper of a migrant boat in court in Palma.
Four-year sentence for migrant boat 'skipper'
Criminal prosecution of migrant boat skippers has been intensifying.
Migrants in Portocolom, Mallorca
Migrants in Portocolom.
350 migrants arrive in the Balearics in just over 24 hours
Slightly more than a quarter of all migrants this year have arrived since Friday morning.
Guardia Civil with a migrant boat
Guardia Civil with a migrant boat.
Mallorca migrants are not all Algerian
The Red Cross carry out health checks and provide humanitarian aid.
Prison for four "skippers" of migrant boats
Migrants can pay as much as 3,000 euros to criminal organisations.
The migrants were intercepted this morning.
The migrants were intercepted this morning.
Migrant boat in Mallorca
The migrant boats all come from Algeria.