The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has despatched a letter to the president of the European Fee, Ursula von der Leyen, inviting her to go to the archipelago and see the migration scenario firsthand.
This was introduced on Monday by the spokesperson for the Canary Islands authorities, Alfonso Cabello, who famous that the European Union (EU) “can’t flip its again” on the Canary Islands, the place the “deadliest” migration route on this planet is situated, “with one loss of life each 45 minutes, 55,000 arrivals final 12 months, and 5,200 minors below guardianship.”
Cabello hopes that Von der Leyen will do the identical as her go to to the island of Lampedusa final 12 months, which prompted the deployment of a particular migration plan, as all circumstances are met within the archipelago for particular help.
“You will need to acknowledge the case of the Canary Islands,” he identified, on condition that negotiations are beginning for the appointment of latest European commissioners, migration and asylum laws must be developed, and the Canary Islands produce other pending points on the agenda equivalent to Posei, assist for the RUP, the revision of CO2 charges for planes and ships, or varied state aids.
The spokesperson additionally introduced that Clavijo will seem earlier than the Canary Islands Parliament on September sixth, in a unprecedented session, to replace the migration scenario within the archipelago and “reaffirm” the migration “widespread entrance” of the Parliament, apart from Vox.
Cabello, who emphasised the “involvement” of the Vice President of the Canary Islands Authorities, Manuel Domínguez (PP), in in search of an settlement for the necessary relocation of migrant minors, reiterated that that is the “solely doable resolution” for the islands.
Subsequently, he hopes that the directions given by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to his ministers to achieve an settlement will bear fruit, on condition that the scenario is “crucial” and there’s no “plan B.”
On this regard, he indicated that immigration must be taken out of the “instability and political noise” of nationwide politics and that minors “shouldn’t be a throwing weapon” to attain a “humanitarian response” from each the State and the EU.
“The Canary Islands can’t take it anymore,” he remarked, emphasizing that Clavijo “has not raised the tone” today however has merely described actuality.
He insisted that the Canary Islands are “utterly overwhelmed,” with NGOs, safety forces, and society itself “overwhelmed” as a result of there isn’t any longer any capability, so the fascinating end result, in his opinion, could be for a decree-law to be authorised “tomorrow” within the Council of Ministers, which might then be ratified in Congress with contributions from all teams. “It’s time to unblock and advance,” he said.
Cabello acknowledged additionally that in August, contacts had been maintained with political teams, primarily the PP, which primarily advocates for establishing a mechanism to make emergency migration-based hires, higher fine-tuning financing, and calling a Convention of Presidents, which the Canary Islands hopes will embody migration and regional financing on the agenda.
Thus, he highlighted that “what’s vital is a strong and speedy response, with broad consensus, as a result of the implementation is dependent upon the autonomous communities, it’s not one thing that may be imposed unilaterally.”
