Minister Grande-Marlaska defends that the returns of minors from Ceuta to Morocco were legal

2024-01-23 18:17:35

“I am absolutely convinced that the competent authorities, in this case, as in others, acted with the full conviction of adjusting their actions to the legal system and inspired at all times by the interest of the minor,” defended the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande. Marlaska thus contradicting the ruling of the Supreme Court this Monday.

The Supreme Court indicated that the return of minors from Ceuta to Morocco in August 2021, carried out by the Government Delegation, was “illegal” due to the “absolute non-observance” of the Immigration Law and because it prohibits it “in a lapidary manner.” “the European Convention on Human Rights.

The minister assured that the Government respects the judicial resolutions, but insisted that the competent authorities in the matter “acted at all times with the full conviction of complying with the legal system and always under the principle of the best interests of the minor.”

These statements were made before appearing before the Interior Commission. But these explanations do not convince the Government’s partners either. According to Sumar, it was a “barbaric and inhumane” performance. We are talking about a moment in which an avalanche of 12,000 Moroccans illegally crossed the border of Ceuta, 1,500 of them were children.

The minister thus shows his chest for his immigration management within a policy of “human security” and advances that he will maintain it in the coming years, calling on the Government’s parliamentary partners to resume the reform of the Citizen Security Law, the one known by its detractors. as a ‘gag law’, after the negotiation failed in the previous legislature.

In addition, he has asked PP and Vox, citing the former president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, for her statements about the migrants from Alcalá de Henares “not to send messages of fear and hate.” “There is no correlation between increased crime rates and increased irregular immigration.”