The Spanish Island with 12,000 Inhabitants that Has Received 8,000 Immigrants on Boats in Recent Weeks: 'It Is Unsustainable' - BBC News Brazil
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Groups of immigrants continue to try to make the dangerous crossing of the Atlantic from West Africa towards the Canary Islands, in Spain, a route that has already caused the death of thousands of people in recent years. Meanwhile, a small island, with just over 30 hospital beds, calls for reinforcements to meet the arrivals of people. In the last five weeks, El Hierro has received 8,000 immigrants, which increases the pressure on health and rec…
The Inter-Ministerial Commission on Immigration held on Tuesday also agreed to allocate an additional 15.18 million euros to the management of arrivals to the archipelago, which have experienced an upturn in recent months.Families broken and at least eight dead in a month: El Hierro lives the worst face of the migratory route to the Canary Islands The Government of Spain has declared the Migration Emergency in the Canary Islands. The Inter-Minis…
An inter-ministerial commission has met with the president of the islands to strengthen resources in the face of the arrival of more than 7,000 migrants in 10 days
According to the president of the Canary Islands, the central executive blames the migratory upturn to the holding of sports competitions in Senegal and to the beginning of the electoral campaign in Gambia Read
The Canary Islands government will meet next Wednesday with the European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner. More information: The Endless Days of La Restinga, the small port of El Hierro where the cayucos no longer fit: "We are at the limit".
Around 8000 people have arrived on the 12,000-inhabitant island of El Hierro since the beginning of October alone. The authorities are overwhelmed, and other Spanish islands also record rising arrivals of Africans who venture over the sea in boats.
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