Several thousand migrants have arrived on the Spanish archipelago in the first months of 2021. Due to the terrible living conditions and the poor quality of food and water at the Las Raices camp, some migrants have decided to leave the camp and sleep in shacks in a nearby forest instead.
Ayoub, 22, from Morocco, rests in Las Raices camp in San Cristobal de la Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Several thousand migrants have arrived on the Spanish archipelago in the first months of 2021. Due to the terrible living conditions and the poor quality of food and water at the Las Raices camp, some migrants have decided to leave the camp and sleep in shacks in a nearby forest instead. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Migrants queue up to receive food in Las Raices camp in San Cristobal de la Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Migrants from Senegal, wait for donated clothes and food near Las Raices camp in San Cristobal de la Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Friday, March 19, 2021.
Migrants walk on a road carrying donated clothes by local residents to Las Raices camp in San Cristobal de la Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Friday, March 19, 2021. While Spain has been critical of its European neighbours' lack of solidarity when it comes to sharing the responsibility of migration, the country is similarly being criticized by migrants, authorities and human rights organizations on the Canary Islands where some 23,000 people arrived by sea last year and where many thousands remain on the island forcefully. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
A resident from Tenerife teaches Spanish to migrants from different nationalities outside Las Raices camp in San Cristobal de la Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Saturday, March 20, 2021. While Spain has been critical of its European neighbours' lack of solidarity when it comes to sharing the responsibility of migration, the country is similarly being criticized by migrants, authorities and human rights organizations on the Canary Islands where some 23,000 people arrived by sea last year and where many thousands remain on the island forcefully. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
A migrant receives donated food outside Las Raices camp in San Cristobal de la Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Saturday, March 20, 2021. While Spain has been critical of its European neighbours' lack of solidarity when it comes to sharing the responsibility of migration, the country is similarly being criticized by migrants, authorities and human rights organizations on the Canary Islands where some 23,000 people arrived by sea last year and where many thousands remain on the island forcefully. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
People play soccer at Las Raices camp in San Cristobal de la Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Saturday, March 20, 2021. While Spain has been critical of its European neighbours' lack of solidarity when it comes to sharing the responsibility of migration, the country is similarly being criticized by migrants, authorities and human rights organizations on the Canary Islands where some 23,000 people arrived by sea last year and where many thousands remain on the island forcefully. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Migrants smoke a hookah, also known as Arjilah or Shisha in his tent in San Cristobal de la Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Saturday, March 20, 2021. While Spain has been critical of its European neighbours' lack of solidarity when it comes to sharing the responsibility of migration, the country is similarly being criticized by migrants, authorities and human rights organizations on the Canary Islands where some 23,000 people arrived by sea last year and where many thousands remain on the island forcefully. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
A makeshift toilet is pictured with a toilet seat on a pallet covering a hole in the ground outside Las Raices camp in San Cristobal de la Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, March 21, 2021. While Spain has been critical of its European neighbours' lack of solidarity when it comes to sharing the responsibility of migration, the country is similarly being criticized by migrants, authorities and human rights organizations on the Canary Islands where some 23,000 people arrived by sea last year and where many thousands remain on the island forcefully. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Police officers detain migrants who tried to reach the Spanish Peninsula by ferry, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Sunday, March 21, 2021. While Spain has been critical of its European neighbours' lack of solidarity when it comes to sharing the responsibility of migration, the country is similarly being criticized by migrants, authorities and human rights organizations on the Canary Islands where some 23,000 people arrived by sea last year and where many thousands remain on the island forcefully. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
