About 5,000 people have reached the Canary Islands by boat this month, including around 740 since midnight Saturday. Pedro Sánchez has committed to convene an interministerial meeting on 10 November and reinforce health resources.
Fernando Clavijo and Cabildo president Alpidio Armas are due at a government commission meeting on Tuesday 10 November. El Hierro declared a social emergency after 8,000 people arrived in five weeks.
El Hierro’s island council has declared a social emergency after more than 8,000 migrants arrived in five weeks. It is seeking extra personnel and coordinated transfers as local reception services come under pressure.
The Mossos d'Esquadra say the alleged network generated more than €3.2 million through sham job arrangements. It charged up to €30,000 to facilitate entry from Pakistan and up to €8,000 for people already in Spain.
Miguel Tellado used a PP campaign event in Ávila to accuse Pedro Sánchez of leaving Spain worse than he found it. In Granada, Santiago Abascal attacked immigration and the Government’s healthcare policy.
The Canary Islands government says 49 migrant boats arrived between 1 and 6 November, carrying about 4,587 people. It is urging Spain’s Interior Ministry to send extra police and civil guard officers to El Hierro.
Martin Sellner told EL PAÍS his Institute for Remigration plans to begin work in Spain. He said Spanish associates were preparing mass-expulsion proposals and confirmed contact with Vox.
Spain's Supreme Court has refused requests by Vox and Manos Limpias to open a case against Pedro Sánchez and several ministers over the Ceuta migration crisis. It said the filings did not explain each official's individual role.
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Seven people died after an inflatable was located about 150 kilometres north-east of Lanzarote, according to Agencia EFE. Salvamento Marítimo reported rescuing 510 people in eight boats during operations around the islands.
Three months after the mass arrivals, police raids and returns to Morocco continued in Ceuta. Nearly 14,000 people had crossed back, while about 7,000 remained in reception centres and 4,000 more were estimated to be unidentified.
Castilla y León and Senegal will continue talks on possible arrangements for returning unaccompanied foreign minors. Carlos Pollán met ambassador Ibrahim Al Khalil Seck; no agreement was announced.
Electoral lists for Spain’s 29 November vote are registered, and the PP is losing ground to Vox in recent polls. Their Senate pact includes Vox withdrawals in half a dozen provinces, with some members standing as independents.
Spain’s National Court has rejected at least 45 urgent requests to halt the return of migrants who reached Ceuta. The rulings leave the full asylum appeals undecided while removing the immediate legal pause sought by applicants.
The European Commission has proposed expanding Frontex to 30,000 personnel, including a 17,000-member reserve for EU states. The plan also aims to speed up returns after shortcomings exposed during the Ceuta crisis.
The 26-year-old community leader announced a Senate bid as an independent for Frente Amplio on a joint list with PSOE. He also connected Madrid’s Puerta del Sol housing camp with about 8,000 people seeking homes in Ceuta.
Gabriel Rufián and Irene Montero discussed housing and the left’s divisions on La Revuelta. Their sharpest disagreement came over immigration, while Montero said many people in Madrid knew about the allegations against Íñigo Errejón.
Ceuta president Juan Jesús Vivas used an appearance on ‘El Hormiguero’ to urge Spain’s government to act on migration. He said the crisis was costing the city €1m a day and damaging residents’ lives.
Spain had 22,852,600 people in work in the third quarter, a record, but employment rose by just 73,600. Unemployment increased by 95,900 to 2,591,200 and the jobless rate returned to 10.2%.
The Guardia Civil’s Ceuta operations chief said the Government delegate gave him no instructions during the mass entry from Morocco. He had reported six Moroccan vessels the night before; police testimony also alleged Moroccan agents helped people advance.
Around 30,000 people joined a Madrid march organised alongside Mujeres Caballas, according to the Government Delegation. The group called for urgent measures in Ceuta and the return to Morocco of people in an irregular situation.
Fernando Clavijo asked Pedro Sánchez for six urgent steps as arrivals on the Atlantic route rose. His letter cited 3,814 arrivals in the Canary Islands in October, including 2,776 on El Hierro, and asked what extra resources the State had deployed.
Javier Milei accused Pedro Sánchez of using Spain’s descendants’ nationality route and migrant regularisation to help the left at the November 29 general election. He made the claims at a Fundación Faro dinner.
Vox leader Abascal says a Maghrebi family should not be in Spain after a Vitoria housing dispute. The family has six children and was reported to receive about €2,500 a month in public aid while staying in a flat after its rental contract expired.
At Fundación Faro's annual dinner, Javier Milei accused Pedro Sánchez of using the ley de nietos to influence the 29 November general election. He also alleged migrant regularisations were intended to boost PSOE votes.
At a campaign event in Fuerteventura, PP spokesperson Ester Muñoz framed the 29 November election as a choice between Pedro Sánchez’s interests and those of Spaniards. She pledged tax cuts focused on the most vulnerable if the PP enters government.
Alberto Rodríguez will lead Drago Canarias in the 29 November general election after the party chose to run alone. The former Podemos organiser also backs a proposed residence law tied to the islands’ carrying capacity.
Badalona mayor Xavier García Albiol has criticised €2,450 in monthly aid to a Moroccan family with six children facing eviction in Vitoria. He has made the case part of his appeal ahead of the 29 November general election.
Spanish security sources allege a Moroccan Royal Navy vessel put about 30 migrants back into the sea off Ceuta as a Spanish rescue ship approached on 30 July. The reported episode unfolded during a day of intense pressure on the city.
The Andalusian Parliament approved a Vox motion with support from the PP, calling for national priority in housing and related aid. It also seeks the repatriation or deportation of some migrants and tax measures targeting non-EU buyers.
Spain and Italy will end reciprocal checks at airports and ports introduced after the July Ceuta surge. Italy said it had checked more than 180,000 travellers from Spain by 31 August and refused entry to 31.
Javier Milei accused Pedro Sánchez’s government of encouraging arrivals in Ceuta for electoral gain. At a Nueva Economía Fórum event, he also argued that migrants cost public finances more than they contribute.
Javier Milei attacked Pedro Sánchez and urged his Madrid audience to drive socialists out by force. The Argentine president also condemned Spain’s housing and migration policies during a pre-election visit.
Afra Blanco accused Jon Echeverría of spreading a false claim about access to Spain’s minimum vital income. The 22-year-old PP politician said YouTube tutorials explain how to claim the benefit.
With 40 days until Spain's 29 November general election, the left remains divided after coalition talks failed and polls favour the right-wing bloc. Donald Trump has accused the government of doing nothing about July's immigration arrivals.
