What changes for visitors and residents on Tenerife?

Visitors and residents on Tenerife face no new measures, according to the sources dated 7 November. That includes the southern resorts, and the sources say nothing about prices, rules or closures.

Alpidio Armas, president of the Cabildo (island government) of El Hierro, says: “More people are arriving than we can transfer to Tenerife.” The government has not yet published any figures on transfers to Tenerife.

The sources reviewed show no sign of restrictions for anyone travelling to Tenerife. Announcements from Moncloa, the seat of the Spanish government, and from the responsible ministry after 10 November will show whether that changes.

What will the immigration commission discuss on 10 November?

Minister Ángel Víctor Torres, who comes from the Canary Islands, chairs the Comisión Interministerial de Inmigración on Tuesday 10 November. The government called the meeting, according to sources at the Ministerio para la Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática.

The ministry gave neither a time nor a venue. Agency reports point to Moncloa, shortly before the weekly cabinet meeting.

Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo and Alpidio Armas attend as exceptional guests. The agenda covers migration in the Canaries and, above all, the situation on El Hierro.

The foreign minister, José Manuel Albares (Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación), and the interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, sit on the commission. So do Yolanda Díaz (Trabajo y Economía Social), Elma Saiz (Seguridad Social y Migraciones), Pablo Bustinduy (Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030) and Sira Rego (Juventud e Infancia).

How many people have arrived in recent days?

Between 1 and 6 November, 49 boats carrying 4,587 people reached the Canaries, the Canary Islands government reported. Of these boats, 35 landed on El Hierro.

Three more boats with around 255 people arrived on Saturday 7 November, according to Salvamento Marítimo (the sea rescue service). Sources close to the meeting speak of almost 5,000 arrivals in one week, more than 1,100 of them within 24 hours.

For October, the Canary Islands government counted 3,873 arrivals up to 26 October, 2,835 of them on El Hierro. That is an interim figure, not a monthly total.

How do the figures compare year on year?

From July to October, 9,619 people arrived on 111 boats, more than three times the figure for the same period last year. From January to June 2026, the Interior Ministry counted 3,708 people on 49 boats, 67% fewer than in the first half of 2025.

The whole of 2024 brought 46,843 people on 692 boats, the Interior Ministry recorded. For 2025, the provisional figure is 17,788 on 263 boats (down 62%).

By 15 October 2026 the total was 8,970, against 13,491 a year earlier. In the first 15 days of October alone, 1,837 people reached the islands, compared with 643 in the same period of 2025.

From 1 January to 30 September, the emergency services counted 7,179 arrivals, including 3,515 on El Hierro, 2,133 on Lanzarote and 516 on Tenerife. Minors made up 1,513 arrivals by the end of September, or 21.08%.

On average, a cayuco brings 113 people to La Restinga on El Hierro, say the emergency services. A boat from Morocco brings 52.

What are the Canary Islands asking of Madrid?

Around 25 October, Clavijo wrote to Sánchez asking for six immediate measures. He called for an extraordinary security conference between the Canaries and the state.

He also wants a funded emergency plan for rescue, surveillance, emergency medicine and reception centres. Diplomatic steps with Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia are on his list too.

He further asks for more EU help, including Frontex, and for the Canaries to be included in the future EU emergency framework for external borders. His sixth point was weekly meetings between the two governments.

On 26 October, Torres told state radio RNE that the government would answer the letter. He accused the PP, Clavijo’s coalition partner, of voting against the distribution of minors, but no statement from the PP is available.

On Friday 6 November, Clavijo called the situation on El Hierro “absolutely untenable”. Armas has declared a social emergency to secure more funds from the state.

Who pays, and what is still open?

The commission has no budget of its own and coordinates the ministries. The government set it up on 30 January 2024, and Torres chairs it.

On 16 July 2026, the Canary Islands government asked the state for an extra €100 million to care for minors. It looks after more than 3,600 minors, where the distribution criteria would give 783.

The outcome of the conference is not known, and the time, venue and result of the 10 November meeting are still open. Nobody has yet named a sum for an emergency plan or a date for the reply to Clavijo.