Manuel Domínguez, vice-president and councilor for Economy, Industry, Commerce and Self-Employed Workers of the Canary Islands, requested help from the State to be able to deal with the migration crisis that the islands are experiencing. It’s your turn to go to Pedro Sanchez, president of the government, “determined” to confront the autonomous communities.
It was in his speech at the Europa Press information meeting that he expressed the “great concern” which lives in the archipelago a “humanitarian” crisis this has never been seen in Spain.
“We have never experienced a situation like this. I can’t even give figures because after a few hours they become obsolete,” he said, recalling that there are 5,600 unaccompanied minors under guardianship in the Canary Islands, that this year almost 31,000 irregular immigrants have arrived and that one person dies every 45 minutes who seeks to reach the islands.
“We can’t take it anymore”
It is for this reason that he asked for help from the government: “We are begging for it. They can’t keep leaving us alone… We are absolutely devastated. We can’t take it anymore. The Canary Islands are Spain, they are Europe. We only ask to be treated as such. “We are concerned about the lives of these people and how to protect unaccompanied minors.”
“If someone governs, he must decide. We don’t understand why he hasn’t made a decision. If he was able to pass a law like amnesty I imagine that he will be able to manage situations such as the orientation of minors towards other autonomous communities,” insists Domínguez.
“Sánches remains determined to face the LACC”
And he leaves a message to Sánchez: “He remains committed to the strategy of confronting the LACC and dividing society between the good and the bad. Between those who accept immigration and those who do not, by confronting political parties and trying break the government pact in the Canary Islands. “All this at the expense of immigration.”
In this sense, he reiterates that the PP understands that the orientation of minors must take place: “President Feijóo said this representing twelve Autonomous Communities and two Autonomous Cities. Not only did he say it, he stamped it his signature on a document with President Clavijo”.
“I don’t know what measure the government needs to understand us. To help us and to relieve once and for all the pressure we have on the Canary Islands. The Canarian people have shown their great solidarity. We have always accepted the migration crisis situation, but everything has a limit, a beginning and an end. We succeeded,” he concludes.
