Spanish Prime Minister Calls Meeting over 'Migration Emergency'
More than 3,300 migrants arrived on El Hierro in the first week of November, and officials said local capacity was under strain.
- 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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Spanish prime minister calls meeting over 'migration emergency'
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is calling a meeting to address the developing “emergency” on the Canary Islands, which have become the latest point of failure in the country’s immigration framework. The Canary Islands, Spain’s southernmost territory that sits off the northwest coast of Africa, have recently experienced a massive surge in illegal immigration. Over […]
El Hierro, an island of 12,000 inhabitants, is the main point of arrival. Clavijo requested a field hospital and met with Sánchez, who convened an inter-ministerial summit on Tuesday.
Fernando Clavijo revealed that he spoke to the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, and that he undertook to strengthen the media in the Canary Islands, as well as to convene, on Tuesday, in Madrid
After months of warnings that, according to the president of the Canary Islands, nobody attended, Canarias arrives in Moncloa remembering that other times decrees have been passed law "in minutes"
Mr Clavijo will insist on his meeting with the Government on the deployment of the Frontex and the activation of the solidarity mechanisms of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum
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