The PP’s lead candidate for the Congress of Deputies in Barcelona, Xavier García Albiol, called on Sunday for the Spanish Navy to «step in» to halt the arrival of small boats carrying migrants to the Canary Islands.
He made these remarks during his visit to Reus (Tarragona), where he expressed «deep concern» about the situation in the Canary Islands, following the arrival in recent days of numerous small boats carrying migrants, particularly to the island of El Hierro, and the breaking of the record for arrivals in a single day this Saturday, with 1,580 people.
«No one can put up with this,» said Albiol, who described this incident as an «invasion of irregular immigration».
Canary Islands: Albiol calls for naval operation against migrant boats
He has therefore urged the Government to «deploy» the Spanish Navy «in Spanish territorial waters», around the Canary Islands, to prevent «the mother ships towing the small boats», controlled by «mafias», from continuing to operate, he said.
«Spain cannot continue to be the gateway for irregular immigration into Europe,» emphasised the candidate for the Congress of Deputies and mayor of Badalona (Barcelona).
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