The number of men arriving in Majorca This year, there are almost 300 (more precisely, there are 298) while the government of Pedro Sánchez continues without giving up the reception centers and maintains its total silence on the question of whether the abandoned facilities of the ancient Inca powder magazine will pass into the hands of the Consell de Mallorca to enable it to achieve this objective. .
A transfer that, at first, seemed to be a simple procedure since the offer to the island institution came from the Ministry of Defense and the Consell technicians visited and approved this space in October, but its delivery continues to be delayed . .
The sudden rejection of the socialist mayor of Inca of these facilities housing a center with these characteristics, as is happening in other towns in Mallorca, is the origin of this impasse, beyond the fact that the first mayor, Virgilio Moreno, claim that the facilities do not meet the appropriate conditions to be reused as a social center, while for the island’s technicians this is not the case.
The powder magazine complex is made up of several buildings, three of which are closed and unusable, but it is the main pavilion, recently renovated by the Ministry of Defense, that the Consell wants to use as a reception center for foreigners. minors. The Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS) I would only use this space where the only drawback that exists is that there is no water supplyHowever, it could start operating with alternative deposits and would not require any structural reform.
The Consell report specifies that the premises meet the characteristics techniques necessary for the establishment of a primary care center for minors, both in terms of space, interior and exterior, differentiation of areas and bathrooms by gender, kitchen, dining room and places for rest and leisure. It would be a high capacity centerfirst reception where the technicians would make an initial assessment of each minor and their profile, and The first contacts for their integration will begin.
Depending on their progress, they would be directed towards one type of center or another There would therefore in principle be no precise maximum length of stay, but rather the development of the minor received which would determine it. These units would only require a deep cleaning, complete furnishing of all rooms and the installation of an open plan kitchen.
It will therefore take a few weeks for it to be ready and put into service. The government’s delay in its transfer only worsens overemployment.No collapse of the current reception network, in the umpteenth avalanche of boats arriving this week on the coasts of the Balearic Islands.
In just 48 hours, more than 200 new immigrants have already arrived, which confirms that in 2024 all records will be broken because indeed The Balearic Islands have already doubled the total number of immigrants this year illegal in 2023, for a total of 4,694 compared to 2,278 last year.
The situation that Mallorca is experiencing in relation to the migration crisis that the islands are experiencing and the lack of collaboration from the Sánchez government have already led the PP to denounce last week “the boycott” led by the PSOE against the transfer of these assets from the Ministry of Defense. In particular, the spokesperson popular Nuria Riera. He questioned the position of the socialist mayor “by creating obstacles and excuses to prevent the opening of this space” and denounced that “it seems that they only want centers in the municipalities where the Socialist Party do not govern.”
He also accused the island spokesperson of the PSOE, Catalina Cladera, who “calls us racists and xenophobes, while they are the ones who refuse to welcome minors”. “Who are the xenophobes? » asked Riera.
