enegal To Spain

Senegal
Senegal is in West
Africa, opposite the islands of
Cape Verde. The capital of Senegal is Dakar, a city on the coast. Situated around 300 miles north of the equator, Senegal has two seasons.
The wet and the
Senegal
dry. a
Temperatures
has very rarely drop under large 22 degrees Celsius coastline and temperatures which rise up to boasts 45 degrees beautiful Celsius. palm tree

Immigration Route

Pull Factors Towards Spain
Many people from Senegal move to Spain as Spain has amazing facilities and is part of the EU. The living and working conditions in Spain are much better than in Senegal. The immigrants that come from Senegal to Spain are looking for job and a way to earn a living for themselves. Finding a job in
Senegal is very difficult, therefore parents of families cannot afford to care for their family and children.
Spain has;
• Cheaper way of living
• Better working conditions
• Better living conditions
• Low crime rates
• Housing is cheap

Push Factors - Senegal
If thousands of people from Senegal are migrating to Spain, what must be so bad about Senegal? First off, Senegal has got very high crime rates. This means families are reluctant to go out of their houses and have late night jobs. Jobs are very scarce in Senegal, therefore people move to Spain.
A major push factor for Senegal is the education system.
Families are quite large in Senegal & the children want to have a good education. This is something that is hard to find.
As there are lots of people in Senegal, diseases spread rapidly.
In Spain this does not happen. These things attract the people of Senegal.

Positive & Negative Impacts To
Senegal
As more and more people are leaving Senegal to go to the EU, there are less people in Senegal which means not much over crowding and the majority of people having jobs. With there being less people, there is less crime. There is also less begging and beggars on the street.
Economically, Senegal does not have to support as many families. As there is less people, less pollution is caused.

Canary Islands & Spain
The Canary Islands lie off the coast of Africa. They are directly in front of the coast of Morocco. Due to this geographical situation, the Canary Islands have been always an important station for the navigation between Europe, Asia and America.
As the islands are off the coast of Africa, Africans set out on boats trying to get onto the islands – in the EU. This way they can leave their homeland and live a better life in mainland
Spain and the Canary Islands.

In The News
Stories about immigration from Senegal to Spain have been in the news. The article read;
As sunbathers lay on the beach beneath towering hotels and British tourists browsed in a souvenir shop called Bloody Hell Offer On Ciggies, a strange vessel slowly floated into shore past the jet-skis and Jolly Roger pirate ships of
Tenerife's prime package holiday resort.
The small, canoe-shaped African boat heaved with the weight of more than 100 people, staring exhausted at Los Cristianos, the concrete holiday metropolis that was their first glimpse of Europe. They had been on the Atlantic for 15 days with a single Yamaha motor and no cover from the sun. This was the fifth boat of the day carrying men in various states of desperation. As supplies had dwindled some had gone without food for five days, others had not drunk for two days. The few who could no longer bear it had dipped a plastic mug into the sea and drunk the salt water, which had dehydrated them further and started to play tricks with their brain. Others had skin raw and bleeding from wet clothes rubbing against