Canary Islands A new rise in migrant arrivals has been registered in the last 48 hours, with 1,121 people rescued near its coasts, including more than 200 minors, and with The ironthe smallest island, with its reception capacity completely exceeded by receiving some 420 migrants this weekend alone.
In total, the emergency and rescue teams have treated people mostly from sub-Saharan Africa who arrived in 16 different boats Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and El Hierro.
So, Throughout Saturday, 469 migrants managed to reach the Canary coasts in seven boats that two cayucos arrived in Tenerife; El Hierro, three cayucos; and Lanzarote, where two boats arrived.
Among all of them there were 13 women and about twenty minors, according to sources from Maritime Rescue, the Red Cross and the Lanzarote Emergency Consortium.
While, on Sunday the daily record for 2023 was broken againwhich had just been surpassed last Monday, when 634 people arrived in the Canary Islands in 24 hours.
throughout sundayduring the night and the morning, 652 people were saved in nine boats different ones that reached Lanzarote, where four inflatable boats arrived; El Hierro, two cayucos; Gran Canaria, a cayuco; and Tenerife, two other cayucos.
Four rescuers and two rescuers from Maritime Rescue have taken part in the rescue work, as well as personnel from the SUC and Red Cross.
On El Hierro, the smallest island with the most strained reception capacity, the Government Delegation has asked the company Shipping Weapons to make one of its ships available to carry out this Monday the transfer of nearly half a thousand migrants that have arrived throughout this week.
On the other hand, and on the occasion of Canarian Migration Day, the president of the regional Executive, Fernando Clavijohas asked for more state media in the face of the migratory surge recorded along the Atlantic route.
In an institutional video, President Clavijo (CC) stressed that The Archipelago “is a land of solidarity and welcome”for which it has “claimed the need for more resources to be able to serve those who are arriving on its shores in a dignified manner”, and has regretted that thousands of people continue to lose their lives at sea in their attempt to start a new life in Europe.
On this same day, and after learning that more than a thousand people have been rescued so far this weekend on the Canary Islands migratory route, the vice president of the regional Executive, Manuel Dominguez (PP), has not hesitated to affirm that “The Canary Islands need more resources from the State to tackle this situation.”
In his opinion, “the arrival numbers are growing and we cannot look the other way,” he said.
