The first unaccompanied foreign minors arrived this weekend at the center of La Cantueñain Fuenlabrada, thus beginning its “integration process” into Spanish society, after months of war waged by the town hall of this city, governed by the PSOE, to prevent the Community of Madrid from installing this service in said municipality. He did not specify the number of people who entered these establishments because they were young people “in a situation of protection”.
This was announced this Monday by the Minister of Family, Youth and Social Affairs of the Community of Madrid, Ana Dávila, who also clarified that as a first reception center they work with them on the language , knowledge of the rules, of the country and the cultural environment in which they will evolve, “but, of course, from the first moment, we also work on their training, on outings, on visits and, of course, on knowledge of the environment.
The objective, he stressed to the advisor, is to “start the integration process with a welcome provided by professionals, also highly qualified in this type of activity, at the beginning of knowing the language, rules. And of course, there is also the beginning of integration in many aspects which are obviously worked on in society, in the social field, in the field of training…”.
Davila The number of people was not specified. who entered La Cantueña in the last two days because “they are minors who benefit from a situation of protection”. “I think we will have to continue to protect them, especially when a situation arises from the mayor himself. [de Fuenlabrada] and the Government delegate to report this center and these minors, that is why I believe that we must protect them and safeguard this information”, he stressed.
Months of controversy
These young people entered this Madrid center after months of controversy, not only because of the proposal of the mayor of Fuenlabrada, Javier Ayala, to name it “Isabel Díaz Ayuso”. The municipal government has tried, through legal means, to prevent the installation of minerals in this space, hiding behind the fact that they transport them in a “container” located in an industrial zone. “We will always be united in this sense, as Las Rozas, Pozuelo or Majadahonda surely would be. What we are not going to do is accept impositions,” Ayala said in June, insisting that she is not respecting the recommendations of the Council of Europe and the regional law on social services she -even.
Currently, three legal proceedings are open due to the decision of the Community of Madrid to establish this center for unaccompanied immigrant minors here. Two of them are before the administrative dispute courts and refer to the cessation of works and the reversion of the Cantueña space, two issues approved by the town hall and appealed by the Community of Madrid.
The third question, in the hands of Superior Court of Justice of Madridis the complaint of the City Council against the award of works through the emergency route carried out by the Government of the Community of Madrid.
In the region, there are already two first reception centers for these minors, both located in the capital – one in Hortaleza and the other in Casa de Campo – and both are full beyond capacity. From the Community of Madrid, they have repeatedly recalled that they have the legal obligation to recover unaccompanied immigrant minors who arrive, who in recent months have done so in much greater numbers than usual due to their massive entry from the Canary Islands. . via, they denounced, the Barajas airport.
