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!['Like Lampedusa': How Spain's tiny El Hierro is struggling with migrant spike](https://apiwp.thelocal.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=webp,width=616,quality=75/https://apiwp.thelocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/33YP8M7-Preview.jpg)
'Like Lampedusa': How Spain's tiny El Hierro is struggling with migrant spike
Around 6,000 migrants have arrived this year on this remote Canary Island home to just 11,000 people, the last stop for hundreds crammed into 'cayuco' boats who face an almost certain death in the Atlantic if they miss it.