The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, accused the PP of “to be continually entangled” In Management of the migration crisis in the Canary Islands.
Torres spoke in this way in an interview with Cadena Ser Canarias, when asked about the visit this Tuesday of the president of the PP, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, to the Canary Islands to try to conclude a proposal with the government of the Canary Islands, led by Fernando Clavijo.
Torres questioned the PP’s willingness to seek an agreement and wondered if, when information on the existing resources in each autonomous community for the reception of minors is available, They will not return “to new demands and new entanglements.”
“Now we are talking about a simulation proposal, and it is not easy to know exactly what resources are available and what each autonomous community should have, but my question is: if we say yes to this simulation, do we already have the yes of the Popular Party or will it have new demands, new requirements? “Torres said.
Likewise, he criticized the “popular” for “trying to point the finger” at the parliamentary groups that voted on June 23 in favor of advancing the reform of the Immigration Law for the distribution of migrant minors.Bildu voted for it, PNV voted for it, Esquerra voted for it“There are three communities chaired by the PSOE and they voted yes, and the one that voted no to a proposal that we have been working on for eight months went to the Popular Party,” added the head of Territorial Policy.
The barracks for the care of minors “was requested by the Canarian government”
Regarding the rejection of the Cabildo of Tenerife to the proposal of the Ministry of Defense of use the Cristo Barracks and the Tabares Polvorínas reception centers for unaccompanied migrant minors, Torres recalled that it was precisely the president of the Cabildo Rosa Dávila “who asked for them“.
“What there is is an official report from the minister on the military installations that the government delivered in the years 20, 21, 22 and 23 to the Canary Islands and of the two that could be delivered, the others have weapons and cannot be delivered. used, but in any caseis a request made by the Canary Islands government” Torres reiterated.
Insists on changing the law
This is why he insisted on the need to change the law because “It is not fair that (immigrant minors arriving in border territories) be a regional competition and it will go down in history that, when a parliamentary process could have finally moved forward, the main opposition party which holds the presidency of 12 communities voted no.
Regarding the report being prepared by the Ministry of Youth and Children on the resources available in each autonomous community for the care of minors, the minister acknowledged that “This is necessary information but not simple.“to have a realistic picture of the current situation.”
However, he insisted that this information “will be put on the table and we will move forward to advance the reform,” although, he added, “this does not prevent it from being approved on June 23, because that is the fundamental key to the problem.”
