The Government is convening the Interministerial Commission on Immigration this Tuesday, which will be attended by the President of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, to address the migratory pressure of recent days in the archipelago and, in particular, the situation on the island of El Hierro.
A total of 5,857 people have arrived in the Canary Islands in 57 canoes, rafts, and inflatable boats from November 1st to 5:00 PM on Monday, according to official figures obtained by EFE.
If the count goes back to October 1st, when rescues became daily again after months of calm, it is observed that in just six weeks, 12,056 people have ventured onto the Atlantic Route (counting only those who have arrived safely in the Canary Islands), triple the number during the entire first half of the year, when 3,708 did so.
This figure is still lower than in periods such as 2021, when between January 1st and October 31st, 2021, 16,827 people arrived in the archipelago. It is also similar to the figures for 2022, when in the first ten months of the year, 13,122 people arrived on the islands in precarious boats.
In this context, as informed by sources from the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, the Interministerial Commission on Immigration is meeting this Tuesday to address the situation in the archipelago, with particular concern for the island of El Hierro, where the trickle of arrivals in recent days has been constant.
Chaired by the head of said department, Ángel Víctor Torres, the Commission is meeting this morning, before the Council of Ministers, at the Moncloa Complex and will be attended by Fernando Clavijo and the president of the Cabildo of El Hierro, Alpidio Armas.
As Clavijo reported on social media, the Canary Islands president conveyed in a conversation with the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, "the seriousness of the situation El Hierro is experiencing due to migratory pressure and the growing discontent of its population."
Clavijo had previously announced the commitment that Pedro Sánchez had conveyed to him this Saturday to convene the Interministerial Commission, as well as to reinforce health services in El Hierro through the State Secretariat for Migration.
The Interministerial Commission will also be attended by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares; Interior; Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz; Labour and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz; Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda, Pablo Bustinduy, and Youth and Children, Sira Rego.
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