Canary Islands president says PM agrees to emergency meeting amid migrant surge
Regional president Fernando Clavijo says the situation is 'absolutely unsustainable' with more than 8,000 arrivals in five weeks on El Hierro
The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had agreed to convene an emergency meeting of the Interministerial Commission on Immigration on Tuesday, as the El Hierro Island Council declared a social emergency after more than 8,000 migrants arrived in the last five weeks.