The government of Pedro Sanchez has set up a real air bridge between the Canary Islands and Madrid with the aim of transferring to the peninsula the illegal immigrants who have arrived en masse in the islands in recent months. OKDIARIO saw how others arrived at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport this Tuesday 339 illegal immigrants. It will be a record week since Barajas’ arrival. more than 1,2000 irregular immigrants on five flights, according to sources that update the real data of these arrivals to OKDIARIO. All this also happens in the midst of a crisis with the government of the Canary Islands, which has announced that it will sue the executive of Sánchez for “abandonment of functions” with the migration crisis.
In the images, you can see the illegal immigrants leaving the airport to board buses chartered by NGOs to distribute them throughout the rest of Spain. These 339 immigrants arrived at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport on a flight from Tenerife chartered by Air Europa. Since October last year, when the migration crisis broke out in the islands, the government has chartered more than 118 flights to Madrid from the Canary Islands. Sources close to these returns assure that they have already moved more than 31,000 irregulars: “It’s a brutal call effect.” More are expected to arrive this Wednesday. almost 200 more in Barajas.
These illegal immigrants are being relocated to small towns in Spain, which has sparked complaints from mayors and neighbours because, according to them, the transfers are taking place at night and without prior notice. 2 have moved to Tosa de Mar (Girona)00 sub-Saharan immigrants coming from the Canary Islands, as announced by the mayor of this city, Marti Pujalsby Junts. The irregulars are staying in a central hotel in the municipality, which has something more than 6,000 inhabitants“It is a disproportionate contingent. The government hides the redistribution criteria and abuses the solidarity of Catalonia. This September it is essential to close the season well, this news does not go well for us,” Pujals said in statements to the media.
Mora de Rubielos (Teruel) is another town chosen to welcome illegal immigrants from the Canary Islands. This municipality, therefore only 1,568 inhabitantswelcomes more than 100 irregulars. The mayor, Hugo Archimedes Rios (PAR), expressed his “doubts” about this issue, due to the city’s low population and what could affect tourism. Ríos also accused the Sánchez government of “lack of information” on its part about this operation.
Monterroso (Lugo) is another of the municipalities chosen by the Central Executive to welcome illegal immigrants after landing at Barajas airport. This city has something more than 3,500 inhabitantsand hosts 120 immigrants sub-Saharan Africans. This was stated by the mayor, Eloy Perez (PP), denouncing the “social alarm” that the Government has created with this operation, since the arrival of these people represents 10% of the population.
“All the information we have is what the NGO gave us, saying that about 120 people were coming. All adult men. This is unprecedented. In theory, they are war refugees, but they are all men and adults. No children come here“Neither a woman nor an old man. Which already surprises us,” he said in statements to the media.
“Abandonment of government functions”
The President of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijoannounced Monday that he would sue the government of Pedro Sánchez for its lack of response to the massive arrival of illegal immigrants in the islands. Clavijo defended that his executive “will make decisions” if “there is no loyalty and commitment” from the central executive. “The government of the Canary Islands will put itself in its place”he stressed in an interview with Radio Canaria.
“In the case of the Canary Islands, leaves office. I don’t know if the Spanish government is clear or not. I am convinced that the Spanish government is abandoning the Canary Islands and this is something that must be made clear. “Some people confuse loyalty, understanding and putting the child’s interest first with weakness, and they are wrong,” he added.
This Tuesday, Clavijo accused the Sánchez government of transporting unaccompanied foreign minors (menas) to the islands “as if they were crates of oranges”“They give us minors without fingerprints, without photographs, without the possibility of identification. Immigrant minors have refugee status, but they are neither listened to nor helped to know if they have relatives in the territory,” he added in statements to Telecinco.
