He Government of the Canary Islands has said enough. The Executive of Fernando Clavijo denounces that the Government of Pedro Sanchez is pressuring NGOs to increase the reception of illegal immigrants despite the overflow of services, with the resulting costs for the island administration. For this reason, the Canarian Government has informed these organizations that it will not cover the expenses of the new immigrants they welcome – and that they do not communicate in advance -, in accordance with the agreement reached at the last Government Council to which it had access. OKDIARIO.
In recent days, a NGO of The iron stressed the impossibility of receiving more immigrants due to the inability to manage such a volume of people, while in La Gomera, 11 presumed minors were received by an NGO in an absolutely informal manner, without certain information on their identity, age and other mandatory information. . requirement. The spokesperson for the Regional Executive, Alphonse Cabellodenounced that NGOs have received “pressure” from the government to take charge of children and adolescents who have arrived in El Hierro in recent days, while this island has 150 places and already hosts 285 minors.
Concretely, Cabello assured that the National Police and the Prosecutor’s Office demanded the NGO that they place immigrant minors in already full infrastructures, knowing the real situation of the centers, which “can’t take it anymore.” It is for this reason that the Clavijo executive will stop financing the new arrivals. “Inform the collaborating entities that they do not welcome new migrants at the expense of this Autonomous Community, unless there is prior communication of conformity or express authorization from the competent autonomous authorities, in order to protect the interest of the unaccompanied minors that they are already taking care of,” reads the government agreement.
Likewise, the President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijoannounced that his executive would open “legal proceedings against the State” for the “abandon” who, in his opinion, submitted Pedro Sanchez to the islands due to the illegal immigration crisis. Clavijo criticizes the Sánchez executive for its lack of response to the massive arrival of immigrants that has devastated the Canary Islands in recent months and for the saturation suffered by the archipelago due to the number of unaccompanied immigrant minors (menas). The president of the Canary Islands stressed that his government “will make decisions” if “there is no loyalty or commitment” by the central executive. “The government of the Canary Islands will put itself in its place,” he said.
Declare yourself “incapable”
Given the government’s failure to comply with Pedro Sanchezwhich, as reported by OKDIARIO, owes 72 million of the 156 million it costs to support unaccompanied minors who arrive on the islands. The Canary Islands Executive does not rule out declaring itself “unable” before the courts to assume the management of the minerals if Sánchez does not meet his financial and logistical commitments. For now, the regional office is collecting information to transmit it to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Sources from the government of the islands assure that resorting to this route would be “the last desperate option.” Well, they believe that before the Government, the PP and the autonomous communities, presided over by other political formations, will be able to reach an agreement that facilitates an “immediate” solution to the problem they are suffering from. But faced with the “helplessness” of not knowing how to act, faced with the “lack of tools”, they will explore “all options” to “guarantee the best possible care” for unaccompanied minors who arrive in the archipelago.
Although sources from the administration headed by Clavijo acknowledge that the presence of Angel Victor Torres in the Council of Ministers, who was president of the Canary Islands in the last term, has contributed to making the government more aware of the Menas issue, the reality is that Moncloa and some autonomies such as Catalonia ignore the demands of the Canary Islands. The Executive of Fernando Clavijo wants the reform of Immigration law is handled by decreeso that it is immediately applicable, while Moncloa opts for a bill that is slower to process and for which it has support.
Currently, the government of The Canary Islands have more than 6,000 boys and girls under their guardianship unaccompanied people who are overcrowded in different care centers, facilities adapted to the migration crisis and in tents set up in port areas. In addition, the regional administration predicts that more than 11,000 minerals will arrive in the Canary Islands by the end of this year 2024. A forecast that could be even higher, depending on the weather conditions, thus assuming a real challenge for management of saturated islands.
