Sánchez and Canary President Agree Urgent Immigration Meeting as Arrivals Surge on El Hierro
Spain's Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory and the Government of the Canary Islands confirmed on November 7 that, after a phone call between Canary President Fernando Clavijo and President of the Government Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish government will hold an urgent meeting of the Interministerial Immigration Commission at La Moncloa on November 10.
Territorial Policy Minister Ángel Víctor Torres will chair the meeting, with Clavijo and El Hierro Cabildo President Alpidio Armas attending extraordinarily. Sánchez also committed to reinforcing health resources on El Hierro through the State Secretariat for Migration.
The Canary government counted 4,587 arrivals in 49 boats from November 1 to 6, 35 of them bound for El Hierro, plus 743 more people in 7 boats on November 7, 600 of them to El Hierro. The El Hierro Cabildo declared a social emergency on November 6. Clavijo also requested urgent meetings with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Commissioner Magnus Brunner.
(Source: Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory)
Source: Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory
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Photo: 图：Wikimedia Commons 开放授权图片，耶罗岛 La Restinga 港。/ Photo: La Restinga harbour, El Hierro. Wikimedia Commons (open license)
