Both the Ministry of Family and Equal Opportunities of Castilla y León and the City Council of Medina del Campo have expressed this Wednesday their displeasure over the “unilateral decision of the central Government” to temporarily transfer 150 immigrants who arrived in the Canary Islands to the resort of Salinas de la Valladolid town, which is closed for renovation.
This “without in any case” having been in communication with the regional Government, as sources from the Ministry have told EFE, who have recalled that the Community is and will continue to be a welcoming land, as has been demonstrated to date.
“Even though these are state powers, the arrival of these people has been a unilateral decision of the Central Government, which in no case has been in communication with the Board. The normal thing is that it would have informed in order to coordinate care for these people,” they have stated from the Counseling.
Along the same lines, the spokesman for the Board, Carlos Fernández Carriedo, has stressed, in statements to the media in Valladolid, this lack of communication to the Community of the transfer, and has argued that “things must be done differently.” “when in addition a part of the services that must be provided, such as health, education or social services, correspond to autonomy.
The Government delegate in the Community, Virginia Barcones, explained this Wednesday in statements to the media in Zamora, that centers in six provinces of Castilla y León will welcome immigrants arriving from the Canary Islands due to the avalanche of cayucos arriving in that Community that will join to the 150 who have just settled temporarily in the Palacio de las Salinas spa in Medina del Campo (Valladolid), taking advantage of its closure for renovation.
Barcones has appealed, to questions from journalists, that the community is “a land of solidarity and welcoming” to bring these people in a “rational distribution” and “with all the guarantees”, including those of the dignity of the people and respect to human rights.
The Government delegate has indicated that this day she is holding a meeting prior to the arrival of the new groups of immigrants who will be spread across six provinces of Castilla y León to coordinate their reception with the ACCEM association for the care, reception and inclusion of displaced people.
He added that the existing possibilities are being studied to offer them accommodation and proper care and all actions will be coordinated with the Regional Government of Castilla y León and with the town councils of the municipalities that host them.
The Government delegate has maintained that there is fluid contact and dialogue with the institutions involved despite criticism from the Medina del Campo City Council and the Board regarding the lack of information about the 150 displaced people housed in that city.
The arrival of the rest of the immigrants will take place in “the minimum possible time” necessary to carry it out “in order” and giving “precise information” about it to the institutions involved, Barcones explained to questions from journalists in Zamora, where he is Wednesday morning a coordination meeting is held with ACCEM in which the reception centers will be specified.
For his part, the spokesperson for the Vox Parliamentary Group in Castilla y León, Carlos Menéndez, asked this Wednesday that immigrants be “returned” when they enter Spain illegally and “break our borders”, “especially when minors enter” , that where they should be is “with their parents.”
This was stated in the press conference after the meeting that held his formation with the president of the Board, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, on the occasion of the Community pacts on social services and infrastructure proposed by him to the formations of community.
“It is not a question of whether these people need help or come looking for refuge, no. We are talking about illegal immigration and, the moment they illegally enter Spanish or EU space and break our borders, we must return them and especially when minors enter,” Menéndez said.
And the general secretary of the PSOE in Castilla y León, Luis Tudanca, has expressed his hope that the arrival of Vox and the “extreme right” does not “spoil” the welcoming climate for immigrants that “Castilla y León has had until now.” Lion”.
Tudanca has indicated that his party’s position is one of “solidarity” and “open doors” of the Community in the face of this “punctual arrival of massive immigrants”, although in the face of criticism of the “unilaterality” of the transfers to the spa, He has trusted that these issues can be “polished” between the administrations to “collaborate, as has been done on so many other occasions.”
On this matter, the spokesperson for the Popular Parliamentary Group in the Cortes of Castilla y León, Raúl de la Hoz, has assured that the Community is “open to receiving those who need it”, but has demanded “loyalty and real cooperation” to the Government of Spain.
“Castilla y León has always been and will continue to be, a welcoming land and we are willing to continue, but from loyalty and cooperation,” indicated the popular spokesperson, who criticized that the Central Government has “denied the information “to the Community and the Medinense City Council about this transfer.
