El Hierro Declares Immigration Emergency upon Arrival of 8,000 People in Five Weeks
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The Spanish island of El Hierro has declared a state of emergency. The island administration says it cannot cope with the influx of migrants and is asking the national and regional governments for help. With 3,000 new migrants in a single week and 8,000 since the end of the summer, public services on the island are under pressure. The island council is also issuing a warning regarding the future. Migration pressure is expected to increase furth…
In recent days alone, more than 3,000 migrants have been registered on board about thirty cayucas
El Hierro Cabildo has declared this Friday the social emergency and the need for collaboration with the higher institutions for the management of the current crisis...
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The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has assured that the situation with immigration in El Hierro "is absolutely unsustainable" and has warned that it seems [...]
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