Canary Island Calls for Help with Migrant Influx
Local officials said the island lacks enough transport and hospital capacity as the Atlantic route shifts south and crossings grow longer.
- On Saturday, authorities on El Hierro declared an emergency to manage a surge in migrant boat arrivals, with council head Alpidio Armas citing the need for cooperation with higher-level institutions.
- Since the start of November, more than 3,300 people have arrived on the island aboard around 30 boats, overwhelming the community of about 11,400 residents.
- Fernando Clavijo, the regional leader of the Canary Islands, called the situation "absolutely unsustainable" on Friday, while maritime rescue services rescued 3,261 migrants in the first six days of November.
- Officials are seeking temporary accommodation for new arrivals as conditions at the hospital have become "undesirable," Armas said, while buses have been diverted to migration operations and medical staff brought in from other islands.
- Local authorities warned that a storm expected on Saturday night could make crossings more dangerous for migrants still at sea, while police in Senegal intercepted 142 undocumented migrants on November 6 attempting to reach the archipelago.
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On Saturday alone, more than 400 migrants arrived on the small Canary Island of El Hierro. The authorities warn of a collapse.
The Canary Island, with just 12,040 registered inhabitants, has received in just over a month a number of migrants equivalent to more than two thirds of its population. El Cabildo has declared the social emergency and calls for urgent reinforcements from the central government and the Canary Islands executive.
More than 3,300 migrants have arrived on the island of El Hierro, in the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands, since the beginning of November, in a new migratory wave that re-tests the reception capacity of this border territory. Ships continue to arrive on their coasts after dangerous crossings along the Atlantic route, while local authorities warn that the available resources are insufficient to respond to the magnitude of the emergency.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain), 8 Nov (EFE).- A precarious boat with 215 migrants on board, including ten women and four minors, arrived in the last hours to El Hierro, in the Canary Islands (Spain), reported this Sunday the Spanish Maritime Rescue service. After receiving a notice from the integrated system of external surveillance [...] The entrance More than 200 migrants arrive to El Hierro, in the Canary Islands (Spain), in a precarious boat…
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