BARCELONA: Spanish authorities on one of the Canary Islands declared an emergency on Saturday after a surge in migrant boat arrivals, demanding government assistance to cope with the influx. “We are very concerned... by this sharp increase in arrivals,” Alpidio Armas, head of the governing council for the island of El Hierro, told Spanish television. “This is precisely what has led us to declare an emergency in order to ensure a framework of cooperation with higher-level institutions.” Sever
