The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo (CC), stated this Tuesday that his vice president, Manuel Domínguez (PP) "is fighting with his own" to reach an agreement on the reform of the Immigration Law, although he said that he cannot justify the Popular Party having walked out of the negotiation table.
During the plenary session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, and in response to the popular deputy Juan Manuel García Casañas, Clavijo pointed out that although he places greater responsibility on the Government of Spain, he said that it cannot be justified either that a monographic plenary session on immigration is convened in the Congress of Deputies "and that everything is talked about except that."
He also reproached the PP for negotiating budgets with Vox in autonomous communities where one of the variables is the reception of migrants and unaccompanied foreign minors.
"I only have words of praise for my vice president for his magnificent work, also fighting with his own in Madrid. I would like to maintain unity in the Parliament of the Canary Islands and as a nationalist I know that the Canary Islands are very far away and that the big parties play games on other boards, but we all have to assume responsibility. I am delighted because the vice president is fighting, but his party in Madrid has to look at it," Clavijo summarized.
For the regional president it is "evident" that there is no national strategy to deal with the migratory crisis and he has said that "the Canary Islands and El Hierro are alone" to face the phenomenon and has once again called on the two major parties to find a joint response and put aside their disputes.
In his speech, García Casañas related the increase in immigration with the arrival of Pedro Sánchez to La Moncloa and has focused on the burden that El Hierro bears, which this year will once again break records for arrivals and deaths.
For the deputy from El Hierro, it is not "fair" to place any responsibility on his party, the PP, as he recalled that they broke pacts in autonomous communities to welcome minors and have "revealed that the Government of Spain has not requested help from Frontex."
Vox spokesman Nicasio Galván also asked about immigration, who lamented that the latest migratory tragedy in El Hierro, with more than fifty people missing and nine bodies recovered, "does not open newspapers or news programs."
Galván has also said he is surprised by Morocco's willingness to welcome minors and has asked Clavijo if that offer came before or after changing his position on the Western Sahara.
The Vox deputy also asked about the opinion of the Canarian president on the policies of the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, to move migrants to camps in third countries and the support that this type of measure has aroused in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen.
In his turn, Fernando Clavijo has been against this type of measure and has said that it is not the Canary Islands' model for immigration "much less for minors", while reproaching Vox for negotiating budgets in other autonomous communities "blackmailing" with migrant minors.
Regarding the offer from Morocco and Galván's opinion that the laws are too guarantor, Clavijo has said that that seems "good" to him because humanity and dignity must be sought, although he has not closed the door to the fact that, being under the tutelage of the Canarian Government, children "can be cared for in their environment."
"And that is why we are talking with Morocco, but always seeking the best interests of the child above all else. We have to talk to both governments and establish measures to attend to them with dignity, because with the amount that the Canary Islands protects, we will not be able to guarantee the best interests of the child," he concluded.
