The President of Ceuta Juan Jesus Vivas has again asked “Relief” to deal with the migration crisis and assured that the autonomous city “has now exhausted the entire year’s budget” for the child caregiven the increase in arrivals in recent days.
Faced with this situation, Vivas demanded the involvement of the entire Government and the autonomous communities. “This is a matter of State, regardless of political colours, regardless of current situations and partisan interests,” he explained, in light of the “absolutely overwhelming” situation that the city is experiencing with more than 500 unaccompanied foreign minors (MENAS).
Vivas, in an interview with TVE, acknowledged the existing collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Children, although he indicated that it is not enough. “This requires a involvement of all ministriesof the entire Government, of all the autonomous communities,” he said.
” It’s necessary physical means to accommodate the population“because nowadays an average of 20 minors enter per day and we need reception capacity and money,” he added.
Long live ha avoided any controversy over the rejection of the PP to support the immigration reform and assured that the PP “shares that Ceuta needs immediate and urgent action.” “President Feijóo is sensitive to this,” he assured, while calling for “an effort from both parties” to reach an agreement.
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“We have a real and uncontrolled fire, but we also have to put in place the necessary structural measures so that the fire does not happen again and this requires an agreement from the State,” he added.
According to Vivas, there is an “attitude of receptivityof will and solidarity with Ceuta” and mentioned especially the case of the Andalusian Government that “is doing everything possible to try to resolve the problem of Ceuta”. But he also recognized that the capacity of the Andalusian Government is “also limited”.
This is why he insisted on the need to “solve it as a state”“It is a problem for Ceuta that puts us on the brink, but we, the people of Ceuta, do not understand that it is not a problem for Spain as a whole, we do not understand that this SOS call is not being heard,” he added.
Regarding Morocco, he acknowledged “its collaboration in border control”, but stressed the need to adopt “from a diplomatic point of view other measures of a structural nature for the configuration of its own border that will help us avoid this pressure”.
