Ciudad Real Airport is not the only place on the table welcome thousands of immigrants who, every week, arrive at the Canary Islands by sea. The government confirmed on Tuesday that it is studying “hundreds more”, calling the dispute over a possible new location for La Mancha airport “creative”. But, not knowing which place will receive all these people on the island, new conflicts have already started between the authorities, who oppose the Executive to hide the information.
This time it was the Socialist Government of Castilla-La Mancha itself accused the central office of “obscurantism” when he heard about the proposal to set up a site at the airport of Ciudad Real, “one hundred percent confidential.” They got it from other people.
However, the President of the Autonomous Community. Emiliano García-Page, He has been convinced that President Pedro Sánchez did not know the intentions of the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration in terms of raising the possibility that the Ciudad Real airport could be a reception center. In that case, the president of the PP of Castilla-La Mancha, Paco Núñez, has already encouraged García-Page to ask that Sánchez resign if appointed.
Located about 20 kilometers from the airport, the airport can accommodate about 3,000 refugees, according to figures given by the mayor of the city, who also opposes the project. The head of the organization confirmed that the construction of the building has already been started, which came from the ministry led by Mr. Elma Saiz denying the newspaper. At the moment, it is said that he is being studied like many others, which has not stopped the spread of crimes.
In some cases, it was local governments and PP administrations that opposed the Government, although, in general, for the same reason: they complained. lack of cooperation and lack of information on the sending of migrants until they are in their areas.
Demand grows
In recent weeks, the Ministry of Inclusion has been holding meetings with Government representatives to increase existing resources and initiate new initiatives across the Peninsula.
In 2023, About 40,000 people reached the coast of Spain by way of the Canary Islands. The biggest decline occurred in the fall, when arrivals began to increase. Since then he has not stopped. Until September alone, more than 30,000 people have arrived on the islands. Hence the constant need to find new places to move to the peninsula, which has never ceased to cause conflict.
Non-governmental organizations contacted by the media declined to comment. They believe that the problem will continue to grow and they need further assurances to continue the strong work they do on migration. But that’s it.
García-Page said on Tuesday that, after contacting the organizations of the Third Sector, some have compared the method with ” Giorgia Meloni camp in Albania“.
What they all ask is to set aside public discourse. Braulio Carlés, head of the region of ACCEM in Castilla-La Mancha, does not analyze the situation of the airport, but he confirms that measures must be taken in the face of migration events.
The organization’s reception area currently has 92%, which “does not mean that it is dangerous data”, because “there are many moves and changes” and it shows that they are “expanding the possibilities of the available tools.”.
They ask for safe procedures
The regional director of this NGO, which usually serves people between the ages of 20 and 40, especially men who arrive from Senegal and Mali, remembers that when they served mostly from Ukraine, there was no chaos. They provide them with training facilities, teach them the language, help them with documents or provide them with psychological or legal support to make their integration as easy as possible.
“The reality of migration at this time forces us to have policies that are generous, open and supportive of migrants. We cannot allow people to die in the Mediterranean Sea and this also means that we create safe policies in the countries that host and come from. It can’t be that people continue to die trying to cross the Atlantic or the Mediterranean,” he adds. In just five months of the year, 33 people died every day trying to reach the coast of Spain.
