The Government will meet this Tuesday with the Interministerial Immigration Commission to analyze the migratory pressure registered in recent days in the Canary Islands and, specifically, the situation that El Hierro is experiencing, an island where, according to consulted sources, the trickle of arrivals continues constantly.
The meeting will be chaired by the head of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, and will be held this morning, before the Council of Ministers, at the La Moncloa Complex. The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, will attend the meeting, along with the president of the Cabildo de El Hierro, Alpidio Armas, in a meeting focused on the recent evolution of arrivals to the islands.
According to official data accessed by EFE, a total of 5,857 people have arrived in the Canary Islands in 57 cayucos, pateras and inflatable boats from November 1 until 5:00 p.m. on Monday. If the count is extended to October 1, when rescues became daily again after months of calm, the figure rises to 12,056 people in just six weeks, always counting only those who reached the archipelago alive.
Migratory pressure intensifies in a few weeks
The evolution of the data reflects a notable rebound in the Atlantic Route, which in the same period has concentrated more than triple the arrivals than in the entire first semester. Between October 1 and Monday afternoon, the islands have received 12,056 people, compared to the 3,708 registered during the first six months of the year.
In this context, sources from the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory emphasize that the concern is focused especially on El Hierro, where the continuous arrival of boats is straining the institutional response. The situation, as reported by Fernando Clavijo on social networks, was addressed in a conversation with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
"The seriousness of the situation in El Hierro due to migratory pressure and the growing unrest of its population"
Clavijo had previously announced the commitment that Pedro Sánchez conveyed to him this Saturday to convene the Interministerial Immigration Commission and reinforce health services in El Hierro through the Secretary of State for Migrations.
Attendance of several ministers at the meeting
In addition to Ángel Víctor Torres, Fernando Clavijo and Alpidio Armas, the commission will be attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares; the head of Interior; the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, Elma Saiz; the Vice President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz; the Minister of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030, Pablo Bustinduy, and the Minister of Youth and Children, Sira Rego.
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