“Frontex is available to help us with the migration crisis” but the government “does not take advantage of it”

The leader of the PP, Alberto Nuñez Feijóoassured this Friday that there was a “willingness” on the part of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) to help Spain facing the migration crisis but he recriminated to the government of Pedro Sánchez Don’t ask for this help.

This has since been said Warsaw (Poland)where this border agenda is based, as part of his tour aimed at promoting a “European alliance” against illegal immigration. Also during this trip met the country’s prime minister, Donald Tuskof which he praised its “ambitious reform program”.

In a video recorded in Warsaw and broadcast by the PP, Feijóo indicated that during his visit to Frontex he had “verified” and “confirmed” that “the agency is at the disposal of the Spanish government.” “The European Borders and Coasts Agency is useful, it protects the European border and protects it both in the north and in the south as well as in on any irregular migration route“, he stressed.

After ensuring that Frontex had “with more than 10,000 soldiers“which are “at the disposal of the Spanish government”, Feijóo regretted that the Sánchez executive does not use “all the installed capacity that Frontex offers to reduce the migratory crisis and, in a very particular way, the migratory crisis in Canary Islands.”

“Frontex is useful in stopping irregular migration that Spain is suffering. Frontex is useful for successful returns of irregular migrants and Frontex is useful for putting an end to this human trafficking in the countries of origin from which the mafias benefit,” he said, to emphasize that the Spanish government ” must look for solutions” and Frontex “is an aid in finding the solution.

After declaring that It’s “irresponsible” that the government “holds the LACC responsible for the incapacity, inefficiency and insensitivity in matters of irregular migration”, insisted that Frontex “is at the disposal of the Spanish government to help deal with the migration crisis that the government is not capable of managing.

More specifically, Feijóo met this Friday with Lars Gerdes, Deputy Executive Director of Operations of Frontex; Anna Polakdirector of strategy, government and external relations; Stefano Failla, director of the Intelligence Division of the EIBM; Alessandro Di Tolla, director of the Return Division; and Martina Hachoud, specialist in support policies.

Meeting with Tusk

Feijóo, who previously met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, stressed that this country had suffered under the previous government “an occupation of state institutions“Shows, according to him, Spain is currently suffering.

At this point, he expressed his commitment to guaranteeing the rule of law in Spain. “The Polish Prime Minister and I are determined to ensure that the rule of law to be something absolutely guaranteed in our countries,” he added.

The leader of the PP welcomed the “ambitious reformist program” of the Tusk government. Thus, he underlined that Poland has been “able to control its public debt”, which is “half” that of Spain, just as is the case of its poverty rates of children, as he said. He also assured that Poland has “four times less unemployment” than our country and has increased the productivity of its economy.

Poland as a reference

“You have to look at Polandas a laboratory of policies that work, an ambitious agenda of reformism versus conformism, moderate fiscal policy versus massive tax increases, in short, liberalization versus intervention,” he said, adding that history of Poland’s economic success in recent years “must be a good indicator” of mutual relations.

He also showed your concern for border security Eastern Europe, in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has chosen to continue working with the same solidarity and commitment to the rule of law throughout Europe and to maintain its help in preserving Ukrainian sovereignty.

Next week, Feijóo continue its social agenda with a new visit to Brussels, where he will meet the EPP family before the European Council. And on Friday October 18, he will travel to Berlin (Germany) to meet the leader of the Christian Democratic party CDU, Friedrich Merz, with whom he will again discuss immigration policy, according to party sources. at Europa Press. .

Feijoo already visited Greece and Rome in September – he met with their prime ministers, respectively Kyriákos Mitsotákis and Giorgia Meloni -, two countries that have reduced the flow of illegal migration and that apply recipes that the government of Pedro Sánchez should import, such as the request for European aid , according to “popular” sources.