The National Secretary of Organization of the Canarian Coalition, David Toledo, highlighted this Wednesday the call of King Felipe VI for effective migration management in a speech he described as "realistic."
The nationalist leader valued that the humanitarian drama that the islands have been experiencing for more than a year had a leading role in the monarch's Christmas speech and agreed to demand "sensitivity from the State and Europe to face it."
Toledo stressed that the Canary Islands has been "enduring the worst migration crisis alone since boats began arriving 30 years ago to the islands" for too long and pointed out that "we cannot continue to prolong a response to the situation that is experienced on the southern border of Europe."
Likewise, he recognized the need to make an effort to integrate those who arrive" and emphasized the situation of the more than 5,000 unaccompanied children and young people who are "trapped in the Canary Islands," but for this, he pointed out, "we need a State agreement that also involves all the autonomous communities."
In the same way, the number two of the Canarian nationalists also advocated for a pact of coexistence "away from the climate of tension and noise that prevails in state politics and that allows us to put the problems of citizens first and banish partisan and electoral interests." In this context, Toledo cited as an example the consensus and dialogue around the major issues in the Canary Islands, including migration, "where we have been able not only to have a single voice political groups - with the exception of Vox - but all administrations and social entities," he concluded.
