Sánchez urgently calls an Interministerial Immigration Commission after the arrival of thousands of immigrants to the island of El Hierro

The Government has announced that next Tuesday, before the Council of Ministers, a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Immigration Commission will be held in La Moncloa to address the situation on the island of El Hierro, where more than 3,000 people have arrived in the last five days aboard thirty cayucos (more than 8,000 immigrants in recent weeks).

This meeting of the Interministerial Commission, chaired by the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, will be attended by the president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, and the president of the Cabildo of El Hierro, Alpidio Armas, among others.

Clavijo himself has indicated that he had a conversation this Saturday with Pedro Sánchez in which he conveyed to him the "seriousness" of the situation in the face of the "migratory pressure and the growing unrest" of its population. A situation that the entire archipelago is experiencing, which "has been demanding more resources, planning and a coordinated response from the State for months."

Given this, he assured, as Moncloa later confirmed, that Sánchez "has committed to urgently convene, next Tuesday in Moncloa, the Interministerial Immigration Commission and to reinforce" health resources through the Secretary of State for Migration.

In this regard, Clavijo explains that this meeting should serve for both governments, together with the competent ministries, to agree on a joint action plan, with "concrete, responsible and execution deadlines" measures, understanding that "it is not possible" to "continue acting only when the situation worsens."