Migrations guidelines out the development of a camp for migrants on the Ciudad Real airport | Spain | EUROtoday

The Ministry of Migration has given up its concept of ​​constructing a macro reception camp for 1000’s of migrants within the services of the Ciudad Real airport. “Despite the increase in arrivals compared to last year, the current situation and the projection for the last quarter make us work directing resources towards other alternatives,” they report in a press release. The concept of ​​constructing a middle for migrants and refugees arriving irregularly on the Spanish coast arose in a gathering on October 1 by which the ministry requested authorities delegates to suggest areas by which to deal with massive teams of migrants. . Upon discovering out, two weeks later, by means of rumors and the press, the Government of Castilla-La Mancha charged in opposition to Elma Saiz’s division and accused it of “obscurantism” and of negotiating behind her again. The Minister of Social Welfare, Bárbara García Torijano, justified to EL PAÍS her rejection of the proposal on the grounds that “the nearest town and, therefore, the services, are 12 kilometers away.” The president of the neighborhood, Emiliano García-Page, and the mayor of Ciudad Real, Francisco Cañizares, have celebrated that the challenge has been cancelled.

The controversy continued for days. The ministry clarified that it was not a closed plan, however that it was certainly learning it. The president of the neighborhood, Emiliano García-Page, went as far as to explain the challenge as “clearly illegal,” along with highlighting the “bad manners” with which, based on Page, the plan was evaluated. “They wanted to do it in the worst possible way, which is without talking to anyone, overnight, here I catch you, here I kill you.” The socialist additionally criticized that “the only thing that is proposed” is to hold out “a business exploitation of human beings.”

The ministry has lastly deserted its plan that, on the time, it claimed was being studied. “The Ministry carries out constant surveys throughout the territory in order to find facilities that are part of the Humanitarian Care and International Protection System, a flexible system, according to needs, that offers resources to alleviate the points of first arrivals, such as the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands or the south of the Peninsula,” he justifies in the note. In a context of an increase in arrivals, especially to the Canary Islands, and a lack of reception places, the ministry maintains that it will continue with these prospecting tasks “for which interterritorial solidarity and the help of the assorted administrations are invaluable.” .

“We have to address the problem together and by sharing a model (…) What was proposed alone did not solve the problem, but rather created many others,” said President García-Page, during the Medal presentation to the Cultural Merit, this Thursday in Campo de Criptana (13,597 inhabitants, Ciudad Real).

The mayor of Ciudad Real, Francisco Cañizares (PP), has additionally celebrated the Government’s retreat from what he considers “an impossible project.” “It has had the unanimous rejection of the society of Ciudad Real, and it has been the PP that has led this consensus regarding this terrible initiative,” mentioned Cañizares, who has participated within the Regional Executive Committee of the PP of Castilla-La Mancha, experiences Efe. “We have managed to get professional associations, Chambers of Commerce, businessmen, unions and immigration networks to oppose the use of this project,” he added.