It is clear from its text that the Spanish Government wants to be able to choose to which autonomous community unaccompanied migrant minors are transferred from the Canary Islands, Melilla or Ceuta in the event of overcrowding in these regions.
The plenary session of the Congress of Deputies will debate this Tuesday the consideration of the reform of the immigration law to make it mandatory to distribute unaccompanied migrant minors to other communities when the receiving community exceeds 150% of its reception capacity. PP and Vox They have put forward their “no”, and ERC and Junts have also expressed their doubts.
The bill, signed by the PSOE, Sumar and Canary Coalition It was registered last Monday in Congress. Its text makes it clear that the Spanish Government wants to be able to choose, through a competent body of the General Administration of the State, to which autonomous community non-migrant minors from the Canary Islands will be transferred. , Melilla or Ceuta accompanied in case of overcrowding in these regions.
In its intervention, the PP asked the PSOE, Sumar and the Canary Coalition to withdraw their proposal to reform the immigration law. “Really start negotiating if you have the will,” said PP deputy Ana Alós. He asked to withdraw the proposal, to convene a Conference of Presidents ‘immediately’ and to hold a plenary session to debate the immigration issue.
Junt’s spokesperson in Congress, Míriam Nogueras, has also rejected the proposal, accusing the government of “abusing” Catalonia’s solidarity. “We are opposed to continuing to oversaturate Catalonia and continue to burden the coexistence of our country. With this law, they do not guarantee a dignified life under certain conditions and this gives wings to the right and the extreme right. We speak from common sense,” said the spokesperson. deputy.
For her part, the deputy of the Canary Coalition, Cristina Valido, has warned that if there is no agreement between the parties during the plenary session of Congress to consider the reform, she will ask that the vote not take place today and “let’s continue talking.” “Today I cannot arrive in the Canary Islands and say that Congress has voted no,” he complained.
As for the Basque representatives, EH Bidu and PNV support the initiative, but have demanded improvements.
The bill stipulates that within one year the current unemployment in the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla must be solved by transfers. In concrete terms, it establishes that in Canary Islands The number of available places is 2000, so that would be 3000, the figure that would determine the existence of overcrowding a situation that is already occurring (there are currently 6,000 unaccompanied minor children).
Meanwhile in Ceuta would be 88 and 132 and, in Melilla, 166 and 249In principle, the initiative does not include financial support to implement this new distribution system.
Source: EITB
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