PP and Junts reject processing the legal reform for the reception of migrant minors

The Congress has rejected this Tuesday the consideration of the proposal of the PSOE, Sumar and Coalición Canaria to reform the immigration law with the aim of establishing a binding distribution of unaccompanied migrant minors among the autonomous communities to alleviate tense areas such as the Canary Islands.

With 177 votes against, 171 in favor and 1 abstention, the attempt to process this proposal in the Lower House has failed as it has not finally had the support of the PP, which had warned of this if its demands were not taken into account, nor of Junts.

Negotiations with both formations have been prolonged throughout the day until the vote, but finally have not ended in agreement to begin processing the reform.

During the debate in the morning, the PP had harshly criticized the proposal, calling it "trivial" and a "blackmail" to their formation and ensuring that, after what was heard in the plenary by the promoting groups of the initiative, it was "almost like a joke" that they expected a yes from them.

In fact, its deputy, Ana Alós, has asked the PSOE, Sumar and Coalición Canaria to withdraw the proposal, convene a Conference of Presidents in an "immediate" manner and a monographic plenary to debate the issue of immigration: "Really start negotiating if you have the will to do so", she pointed out.

The Government and Coalición Canaria have also not been able to tie up support with the investiture partners due to the refusal of JxCat, which had already warned in the morning of its opposition to "continue oversaturating Catalonia and straining the coexistence" of the region.

These were the two options that the proponents had open to carry out the processing, since the no of Vox was immovable.

A new scenario now opens up on which the central Government has not wanted to pronounce until now, waiting to know the final vote of the PP.

The Canary Islands has defended during the last months that this reform be approved by royal decree, which would allow to begin with the transfers of young people immediately, but the Government has wanted to avoid this alternative because then this decree would have to be validated in the Courts and, if it is overturned then, it could create legal uncertainty for the minors already affected.

However, the parliamentary spokesman of Sumar, Íñigo Errejón, has assured in statements to the media that if the processing did not go ahead in the plenary, the Government would take it out by decree because that is the "mandate" they have received and they are going to fulfill it.