Torres urges PP to approve new reception protocol now and downplays Catalonia’s refusal
Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Angel Victor Torres, This Thursday, he called on the media to convince the parliamentary majority that it is “essential” to approve amendments to the immigration law for the mandatory reception of migrant minors among all autonomies.
In statements to journalists, Torres has said that the government does not want to “give up” and has stressed that the amendment must go forward, while also downplaying the importance of the Juntas not supporting it because “it would be enough for the PP to say yes.”
The minister said that if they want to stand in solidarity with vulnerable populations, “they have the opportunity to keep this speech in line with the facts, so that the Congress and the Senate majority support this amendment to the law.”
There is no “Plan B” to solve The problem that affects the Canary Islands and Ceuta Because the state cannot distribute unaccompanied immigrant minors who arrive on boats and in Cayucos, as this is a regional capacity and therefore, he explained, “we have to limit all our efforts so that this legislative amendment can be approved”.
He reiterated that the agreement adopted this Wednesday at the Regional Conference on Children and Adolescents to distribute nearly 400 minors does not address the migrant contingency of the Canary Islands and Ceuta, which brings together practically 50% of the children and adolescents living in Spain.
is about an “emergency” situation There is no more time, with the PP’s yes the new reception protocol “will be immediate and could be implemented this month.”
Regarding the warning of the President of the Canary Islands Government, Fernando Clavijo, that he is willing to return powers to the minors because he lacks the means to properly care for them, Torres has considered that he cannot do so because the Constitution, the Statute of Autonomy and the Constitutional Court prevent him from doing so, which has ruled that it is an autonomous jurisdiction.
In this regard, the Minister emphasized the effort that the Spanish Government is making in a matter whose solution is not within its jurisdiction to put on the table, working closely and loyally with the President of the Canary Islands to have an agreed text.
He also stressed that it is a vulnerable population And the only possible response to the situation they present is “effective, genuine and viable solidarity” and distributing them throughout the country, as intended by the amendment to the immigration law.