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Thousands of Irish people head to the Canaries for their holidays. Most are blissfully unaware that the waters they swim in are arguably the deadliest to migrants anywhere in the world. Rejoining us in the tortoise shack is Madrid-based journalist, Eoghan Gilmartin, who visited the area and brings us up to date on what Fortress Europe is doing in our name.

Read more from Eoghan here:https://bylinetimes.com/2024/10/02/canary-islands-el-hierro-migrant-crossings/

Journalist Abubaker Abed joined us from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital where Palestinians were burnt alive by an Israeli airstrike last week. That podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-114494103