Alberto Núñez Feijóo this Sunday rejected any formula for the punctual and extraordinary distribution of unaccompanied migrant minors proposed by the central government if this is not included within a broader pact of “migration policy” of “common sense.” “The problem is of such magnitude that the Government cannot address it by distributing migrants without assuming its responsibility,” said the leader of the PP in Oviedo, cutting off any understanding with La Moncloa. The head of the opposition has shown his refusal during the presentation of the Declaration of Asturias, and made public this Sunday at the La Reconquista hotel, three days after the meeting held to discuss the matter between the Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, and the president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo. At the meeting, the central and insular Executives set a work schedule to find a formula between communities following a proposal delivered on December 27 by the leader of the Canary Coalition, which has the PP as a government partner.
“I signed a solidarity agreement,” Feijóo insisted in reference to the fact that, in addition to advocating for the modification of the immigration law to make the distribution of minors mandatory, he calls for the reinforcement of border control and the deployment of security forces in the countries. of origin and transit. On the lectern, the leader of the PP has demanded that the Government “assume direct guardianship of minors who no longer fit” and act with “structural responsibility” to “end the mafia business.” “As long as it does not change, this Government will not have our support,” he stressed.
The Declaration of Asturias It deals mainly with housing, but also includes a point on immigration in which the regional presidents of the PP ask Sánchez, in line with Feijóo, to “urgently undertake the reforms contained in the agreement signed on September 10, 2024 by the president.” national alliance of the PP with the Government of the Canary Islands and supported by all the popular regional presidents.” “In coherence with said document,” continues the text signed this Sunday, “given the saturation in the communities, and since they are the consequences of their own failure, we demand that, given the magnitude of the emergency in the Canary Islands and Ceuta, the Central Executive assumes the direct care and financing of unaccompanied minors in these critical situations.” The norm establishes that the autonomous communities are responsible for the reception of minors,
The vice president of the Canary Islands, the popular Manuel Domínguez, who co-governs with Clavijo on the islands, was also present at the event in Oviedo and at the confinement of the barons in Colunga (Asturias) over the weekend. “We have claimed the need to refer minors to the autonomous communities, but also to member countries,” Domínguez expressed in statements to the media after the event. “The PP proposes at the national level that, first, in order to refer minors, a minimum quota must be established for each community. Once we set that quota, up to 100% is paid for and managed by the community, and from 150% onwards it is managed and financed by the State. We have reached a moment in which almost all communities are saturated, therefore, what we propose is that the Government assume the management of minors in the same way as it does with adults. We understand that the law to protect helpless minors is not for extraordinary and emergency moments that we are suffering at this moment,” added the popular leader.
Before this Thursday’s meeting of Torres and Clavijo, the last meeting of various bands with representation of the popular bands occurred on December 5. The parliamentary spokesperson of the PP, Miguel Tellado, once again referred to the document signed in September by Feijóo and the Canarian president, blocking sine the the negotiation. The Minister of Children and Youth, Sira Rego, explained that day – and this was how Tellado had been informed – that the State is willing to assume the financing of the reception of unaccompanied migrant minors every time a community is faced with the 100% of its capacity. To do this, it renounced its initial proposal that obliged the PP to open more than 4,000 new places for unaccompanied minors and accepted that it be based on the existing ones in March 2020, as requested by the popular ones. “Financing is not a problem,” Rego maintained.
