Emergency teams They don’t expect to recover more bodies people who fell into the sea last night when Canoe shipwreck in El Hierro until in three days, when they will float, as the president of the Canary Islands reported this Saturday, Fernando Clavijo.
Clavijo, in statements to the media, indicated that, however, rescue efforts will continue, which will move towards the east of the island, in favor of maritime currents, in order to be able to locate the 54 people missing.
The president, after meeting with several members of his government, including his vice president, Manuel Domínguez, of the PP, indicated that they had allocated more emergency resources to the island of El Hierro, such as the police, health personnel and social resources, at the same time who deplored “this sad tragedy”, a shipwreck which could become the biggest migration tragedy to occur in the Canary Islands in 30 years boat arrivals.
“Everything seems to indicate that it is unlikely that we will be able to save any more bodies in the next few hours.work continues on the ground, but it will only be in the next two or three days that they could appear,” Clavijo said.
The president, who warned that there were logistical problems in El Hierro when carrying out autopsies, offered the following data: until September 15 of this year, there were 85% more arrivals than at the same time last year. a total of 26,758 migrants.
Likewise, he warned that the Atlantic route continues to be the most dangerous in the world, since every 45 minutes a migrant dies trying to reach the coasts of the Canary Islands. “This situation must serve us all for the immediate and urgent search for an agreement that allows us to adequately manage this phenomenon,” said Clavijo, who insisted that he cannot resign himself to the fact that what happened in El Hierro “is another sad event.”
According to him, it is necessary for public administrations to find “meeting spaces and agreements with agility and speed”, because the situation will get worse, he added. He insisted on the fact that it is the responsibility of all public administrations to provide an immediate response to management “which can be much better, much more adapted and much more civilized” because, he continued , the Canarian people and those fleeing hunger deserve it. and from death they seek the shores.
“Today is a very sad day for everyone, but also for the Canary Islands and for those of us who dedicate ourselves to politics, because it is further proof that we are failing and that we cannot do it. allow,” he said. Furthermore, he indicated that the president of the PP had contacted him, Alberto Nuñez Feijóo; the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Angel Victor Torres; and the Secretary of State for Justice, Manuel Olmedo.
The Vice President of the Canary Islands, Manuel Domínguez, added that today is “a sad day, a bitter day”, while describing the sinking of El Hierro as “aa humanitarian crisis situation in capital letters“. In this sense, he asked for help from all public administrations because the Canary Islands “can no longer resist this pressure” and, according to him, the effort must be carried out in transit countries or in countries original to prevent people from risking their lives.
Domínguez added that he hopes and wishes that this event “shocks the conscience of many people and shakes up politics so that all the relevant agreements are concluded” on immigration and that thus “relevant and urgent” aid reaches the islands . “If the cry of Lampedusa was heard beyond the borders and everything relevant was activated from the European Union to help them, I hope the cry of the Canary Islands will also be heard today“, he settled.
