Nearly 1,500 migrants arrive in Canary Islands in one day
The record haul followed a surge from West Africa, with most arrivals landing on El Hierro and local services under growing strain.
- 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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More than 1500 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands within 24 hours on weekends. Among the newcomers, there were at least 120 minors on Saturday, the Spanish TV station RTVE reported on appeal to the authorities and spoke of a "treacherous record".
The Sunday Maritime Rescue Service said that the previous record number of immigrants arriving in one day was 1461 people rescued in the waters off the Canary Islands on 7 November 2020.
A new wave of migration puts pressure on the Spanish authorities. Approximately 2,200 people have arrived in the last 48 hours in the Canary Islands, after crossing the Atlantic Ocean in improvised boats. The large number of arrivals has caused Spain to declare a state of emergency in terms of migration in the archipelago.
More than 2,000 migrants arrived with boats in the Canary Islands in just 48 hours, putting even more pressure on the Spanish authorities. Most of the boats arrived on El Hierro Island, where it was declared a state of emergency on the bottom of the increase in the number of arrivals.
Of the little more than 28 thousand people who arrived in Spain by sea between January and the end of October, more than 13 thousand arrived in the Canary Islands, according to the Ministry of the Interior
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