The Jet2 boss has issued a warning about the potential impact of anti-tourism protests and policies in the Canary Islands.

Jet2 CEO Steve Heapy has warned the Canary Islands risk driving away holidaymakers who might choose different destinations

Pakistan's foreign ministry says a group of migrants who survived the capsizing of a boat off the coast of West Africa earlier this month have begun returning to Pakistan.

Jet2 CEO Steve Heapy has issued a warning that rising anti-tourism sentiment and protests in the Canary Islands are driving tourists away

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2, has issued an alert to Brits headed for the Canary Islands in the coming months, while also hitting out at those making tourists feel "uncwelcome." He said: "Anti-tourism protests and derogatory comments from local administrations make tourists feel unwelcome.

Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people from the boat that had left Mauritania on January 2 with 86 migrants, including 66 Pakistanis, on board.

Spain’s marine rescue service on Thursday said that more than 550 migrants have reached its Canary Islands in boats over the past two days.

The Foreign Office on Saturday issued a statement announcing that 22 Pakistanis who survived a migrant vessel capsizing near Morocco will be repatriated. The FO said on January 16 that the boat, carrying 80 passengers, capsized near Morocco, with over 40 Pakistanis reportedly among the dead.

In 2024, an average of nearly two migrant boats reached the Canary Islands each day. 692 boats in all carried more than 46,000 people that year, mostly from Mauritania, Senegal and Morocco. The majority arrive to the tiny,

Says several Pakistani survivors are in a camp near port of Dakhla; NGO chief says 44 Pakistanis among those presumed to have drowned.

The embassy in Morocco reported that a boat carrying 80 passengers, including several Pakistanis, capsized near the Dakhla port in Morocco, having set off from Mauritania as the survivors, including Pakistanis, are currently residing in a camp near Dakhla.

The verdicts come from a Which? survey of British holidaymakers that ranks Canary Island destinations based on eight criteria, including the quality of the beach, food and drink, and accommodation.