The central government, through the Ministry of the Interior, announced on Tuesday a 32% increase in the number of National Police officers at the Tenerife South Airport Border Post, reaching 132 agents, following the resolution of the General Merit Competition 08/2025 and the incorporation of new personnel.
This has been a persistent request from island authorities and the tourism sector due to the long queues at this airport, the busiest on the island, and the second busiest in the Canary Islands.
Prior to the call for the General Merit Competition by Resolution of the Directorate-General of Police on 4 March 2025, the Tenerife South Airport Border Post of the National Police had a staff of 100 officers, which will increase to 132 officers on 1 July 2025 once the deadline has passed for the incorporation of the 26 new agents at the Tenerife aerodrome.
To these new agents must be added the positive balance of six new positions filled in the Tenerife South Airport catalogue that the General Merit Competition 08/2025 shows, having more incorporations than departures of officers, mainly in the category of police, reports the Delegation on Tuesday.
“The new incorporations and the positive balance of 32 more agents at the Tenerife South Border Post will ease the passport control of travellers arriving at the airport, during a particularly strong period for Canary Islands tourism and one of the main entry points for citizens coming from outside the Schengen area,” says the Government delegate in the Canary Islands, Anselmo Pestana.
Thus, he points out that from the Ministry of the Interior and through the Government Delegation they remain “very attentive to any security need that may arise” in the archipelago.
“And also, of course, to any need that may arise to maintain the high standards in managing the arrival of tourists to our country, as well as ensuring the right to free movement,” he adds.
Since 2018, the Ministry of the Interior has maintained the policy of calling each year for a greater number of State Security Forces and Bodies positions than the vacancies recorded in the previous year, which has contributed to the 13% increase in the number of National Police and Civil Guard officers recorded in the Canary Islands in the last seven years, exceeding 8,000 officers.
