The Canary Islands and Ceuta are the only two territories that have not yet opened their 24-hour crisis centers for victims of sexual violence, which they must put into operation no later than June 2, 2025.
The Executive has detailed that the opening of the centers in Ceuta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife is still pending, in response to a parliamentary question registered by the deputy of Unidas Podemos, Ione Belarra. To this must be added those of Lanzarote and La Palma, where the Canary Islands Institute of Equality acquired two more properties last January.
Currently, 54 centers are already providing service: the vast majority opened last December, which was the deadline given by the European Union to complete their implementation. However, due to some delays, a new extension was obtained until June 2025.
The latest to start operating, in January of this year, were those of Ávila and Blanes (Girona). The crisis centers, which depend on the autonomous communities, have been financed with the Next Generation funds from the European Union.
The commitment acquired by the communities and autonomous cities was to launch at least one of these centers in each province, although some territories have planned more than one: Galicia, Basque Country, Extremadura, Balearic Islands, and Canary Islands.
In Galicia there are five (Ferrol, Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Ourense, and Vigo); in Extremadura, four (Badajoz, Mérida, Cáceres, and Plasencia), in the Balearic Islands, two (Palma de Mallorca and Mahón); in the Basque Country, four (two in Bilbao and one in Vitoria and another in San Sebastián); and in the Canary Islands there will be four (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Lanzarote Fuerteventura, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife).
The 24-hour crisis centers are an instrument of the comprehensive guarantee law for sexual freedom, which establishes that there must be a "sufficient number" of these services to provide victims with psychological, legal, and social care every day of the year, both in person and by telephone.
Last January, the Ministry of Equality bought a premises in Arrecife to install a 24-hour crisis center.