2024-09-06 18:57:22
Tossa de MarThe discovery of 200 sub-Saharan migrants seeking asylum in Tossa de Mar has caused a lot of media uproar. The detonator of the debate is the statement of the mayor of the city, who criticized that, in his opinion, accepting refugees during the end of the tourist season will affect the arrival of visitors. Now, however, at the gates of the first weekend of September, already with the migrants installed in the hotel where they will be predicted for fifteen days or a month, the city breathes a climate of complete normality , with hundreds of foreigners enjoying this. idyllic destination of sun and sea.
It is not the peak season in August, and the weather is pleasant, but in the open, during the day, the streets are full, and there are many people in the shops, the fields and the beach. Even on the train, which has all the seats occupied to go up to the castle of Tossa. On paper, from the guild of hotels and apartments they do not notice any significant changes either. In fact, they doubt that a potential customer, when he learns the news of the arrival of immigrants, will decide to turn around and change their destination: “We have regular documents at this time of the year , the tourists don’t even speak. about it they ask, and the cancellations are only on Wednesday because of the rain,” said the receptionist at a central hotel, near where the migrants live. The restaurateurs are no longer afraid that their tables will be empty in the coming days: “It does not affect our business and, moreover, I think it is very good that they are,” says the owner of a fish restaurant in the city he said. .
Foreign tourists do not know the news
Outside, many travelers do not know the situation, since the noise of the news has not spread outside of Catalonia: “We don’t know, nothing comes out in the newspapers or the televisions we follow,” said Oliver, if you are from France. When he explained the facts to them, the thoughts of the foreigners avoided worry: “They did not cause any incident, so there is no problem that they are,” continued Anna, a young Italian tourist. Among the country’s guests, however, the news spread; there are voices for and against, but, in general, they all agree to reduce the impact of the migration crisis on tourism: “This summer I was in the Canary Islands. The location is very important, but the islands are still full. of tourists,” said a tourist from the Basque Country.
Meanwhile, the migrants, mostly from Mali, continued with their daily lives. They take all the places in a simple but well-equipped hotel, which has free beds and which, with full board, costs about 60 euros per person per day. The Ministry of Inclusion, which is in charge of the management of the asylum, however, since they are vulnerable people and protected by international law, does not want to give exact numbers for the cost of detention, so as not to feed the arguments xenophobic. that question the collection system. There are refugees inside the hotel, in the rooms, the bar, the terrace and the swimming pool, which looks inside. They also go out, alone or in small groups, to walk around the village or sit for a while on the beach. As they pass by, the foreigners do not hesitate, while the inhabitants of Tossa are quick to recognize them. Most of them maintain respect, considering them as natural as any of the thousands of tourists of different countries who walk through the village. Some, however, without biting their tongues, who thought that they did not understand Catalan, smiled and spoke sarcastically of their good condition, as if demanding that they running away from poverty.
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