The president of the Popular Party of Lanzarote, Astrid Pérez, has lamented the tragedy experienced in the early hours of today in waters near the island after the sinking of a pneumatic boat, which has left a balance, according to different sources, of seven people missing, three men and three women, plus a baby of just four years old.
Astrid Pérez regrets these events and the loss of human lives that unfortunately continues to be claimed by irregular immigration at the hands of the mafias that traffic people to our coasts. “It is the bitterest face of the migratory drama that is experienced daily on the Atlantic route, one of the deadliest in the world and which last year claimed the lives of nearly 600 people, according to the International Organization for Migration”, says Pérez.
After the wave of more than 2,200 illegal immigrants who arrived in the Canary Islands in early September, the migratory phenomenon has intensified these days, favored by the good condition of the sea and the good weather typical of these dates. The rebound in the arrival of boats has already led to the arrival of eight boats and more than 250 people only on the day of today only on our island.
The island president stresses the importance of the State Government being aware of the reality that the islands are experiencing and arbitrating, as soon as possible, the measures and resources necessary to address the situation and that both human and material resources are not overwhelmed. In this sense, she recalls that the migratory phenomenon in the islands continues to grow with the arrival of almost 15,000 people from January to September, 19.8% more than in 2022.
