Fernando Clavijo
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El Hierro receives over 1,500 migrants in a week as Canary Islands and Madrid clash
Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo asked Pedro Sánchez for an urgent contingency plan after 2,776 migrants reached El Hierro in October.
- Oct 3
Blackout hits Lanzarote and La Graciosa after electrical failure at Mácher substation
A failure at the Mácher substation cut electricity and stopped desalination plants across Lanzarote and La Graciosa on Saturday morning, affecting up to 84,000 customers before service was restored.
- Sep 3
Over 80 feared dead as Spanish rescuers save 44 from migrant boat adrift off Canary Islands
Spanish maritime rescuers brought 44 survivors and five bodies ashore at Arguineguin after a wooden vessel from Gambia drifted for nearly a month, with survivors reporting more than 80 fellow passengers died during the crossing.
- Jul 27
Canary Islands secures 1,337 million euros in financing deal and sidesteps PP veto
The Canary Islands government will vote on Wednesday in favor of Spain's new autonomous financing model, securing 1,337 million euros extra annually, as finance minister Matilde Asián (PP) takes vacation to avoid disobeying her party's order to vote no.
- Jun 11
Pope Leone XIV at Canaries migrant dock: 'Human dignity has no passport' and Europe must examine its conscience
From the Arguineguín dock in Gran Canaria, Pope Leone XIV cast a floral wreath into the Atlantic and called for legal migration routes, an end to trafficking, and a European 'examination of conscience' over maritime deaths.
