Nearly 1,000 Migrants Rescued From Seven Boats Off El Hierro in Spain
- On Friday, Spain's Maritime Rescue Service assisted 854 migrants aboard seven small, open motorised fishing vessels in waters off the Canary Island of El Hierro since early morning.
- El Hierro's 12,000 residents face growing pressure on local services after more than 8,000 migrants arrived by boat in five weeks, prompting authorities to declare a social emergency on November 6.
- Following a meeting with Canary Islands representatives on Tuesday, the central government committed to adding medical and nursing staff through the Red Cross and providing an additional rescue vessel.
- Authorities relocated 350 migrants on a scheduled ferry to Tenerife to ease reception facility pressure, while others received humanitarian aid at the Temporary Foreign Nationals Reception Centre in Valverde.
- Spanish government sources told El Confidencial that as many as 35,000 migrants could reach the Canary Islands this year, potentially doubling the 17,500 who arrived in 2025 amid the high tourist season.
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The deceased are buried without identification and the cayucos pile between the port and the waste management points. The hospital expands the capacity by placing beds in a corridor and in the hall of events.
The dozen cayucos arrived this Saturday exceed the ten of last 6 November and add to the eight that arrived this Friday: 20 in what we have for the weekend.
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Two new cayucians have arrived in the afternoon of this Saturday to the island of El Hierro . The boats have been rescued by the Salvamar Navia and taken to the port of La Restinga . Between both boats were traveling about 170 immigrants who have been attended by emergency teams .
Immigration pressure in El Hierro forces the express reinforcement of the island’s hospital
The total number of people landed on the Canary Island on Thursday is 409.
In the last five weeks, thousands of people have arrived on the small canarian island of El Hierro, more than the past few years.
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