Spain's Vox president calls El Hierro migrant arrivals 'another invasion
The gist
Vox president Santiago Abascal said 8,000 people reached El Hierro, a territory of 12,000 inhabitants.
The island's council had just declared a social emergency over the arrivals.
How it unfolded
- Nov 8, 2026El Hierro's Cabildo president Alpidio Armas formalized a social emergency by decree, requesting more human resources and rotation for frontline teams from the Canary Islands Government and the State.
- Nov 8, 2026The Cabildo counted more than 3,000 people aboard about thirty cayucos in the last five days, raising total arrivals in five weeks to more than 8,000.
- Nov 8, 2026Vox president Santiago Abascal wrote on X that El Hierro is experiencing "another invasion" and said 8,000 people have arrived in a territory of 12,000 inhabitants.
Key terms
- Vox
- A nationalist far-right Eurosceptic political party in Spain founded in 2013.
Source: Wikipedia