The Government of the Canary Islands will present a contentious administrative appeal against the State after the Council of Ministers failed to respond to the request made by the autonomous community of care of migrant minors who arrive on the islands in boats and canoes, for their expertise in matters of immigration and borders.
The spokesperson for the Executive of the Canary Islands, Alfonso Cabello (CC), reported on this resource during the press conference that followed the Government Council, where it was agreed to pI am unhappy with this argument in the face of the “silence” of the Council of Ministers at the request that was made in this regard on September 23, taking into account the migration crisis affecting the islands and the problem of caring for unaccompanied migrant minors who arrive on their shores.
The government did not respond to the Canary Islands within the 15-day deadline, A month has passed and it was therefore agreed to present the appeal with which we seek to defend the interests of the autonomous community and the miners, underlined the spokesperson.
Cabello also announced that, to resolve the migratory problem of the Canary Islands as the southern border of Europe and that of miners, the President of the Canary Islands will go this week again, for the third time, to Brussels, where he plans to meet the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.
You will also take the opportunity to know the content of the letter sent by the Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, to the European Commission to request support in immigration matters. For the Canary Islands government, its spokesperson said: this letter arrives “badly and late”, Well, Torres sent it two weeks ago and the autonomous community has been asking for help to deal with the migration crisis for 17 months. Cabello also insisted that they appreciated greater receptiveness from the EU than from the Central Executive to their demands.
In any case, he explained that he had resorted to the judicial route to try to resolve the problem of migrant minors, but that he hoped that an agreement could be reached with the central government and the autonomous communities during the Conference of Presidents convened in December. 13 to amend section 35 of the Immigration Act, so that the distribution of reception can be established through this rule.
Cabello also indicated that the Canary Islands government had convened a meeting next Friday of the Canary Islands Migration Pactsigned by the political groups of the Regional Parliament, with the exception of Vox, in view of the meeting of the Conference of Presidents and which will be held with Minister Torres, with the PP and with the presidents of Ceuta and Melilla. Concerning the latter, he indicated that they still do not know the date of the call.
The Canary Islands currently have 5,401 unaccompanied migrant minors under guardianship, they have received the arrival of 5,356 so far in 2024 and in the last 15 days of November, 681 arrived, Cabello pointed out.
Regarding Clavijo’s trip to Brussels this week, he indicated that he would also attend the meeting of the European Committee of the Regions, where he would defend the need for the Canary Islands to remain an outermost region, and would take the opportunity to meet the Lehendakari of the Basque Country, Imanol Pradales, and with the President of Catalonia, Salvador Illa, with whom he will discuss issues such as regional financing.
