The State Attorney General's Office has urged the Spanish Government to ensure that the reception resources for migrants in the Canary Islands are "permanent" and "dignified" facilities. This was stated in the Report of the Public Prosecutor's Office on the year 2022.
The Delegate for Trafficking and Immigration of the Las Palmas Prosecutor's Office has argued that the reception resources for migrants in the Canary Islands "cannot be provisional" and has pointed out that "it is urgent" to solve the shortcomings of some of them. In particular, in the cases of the Temporary Foreigners Assistance Centers (CATE) of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
Regarding the case of Lanzarote, she pointed out that this reception center is "in a plot of land lacking shade, which is made up of tents and with non-fixed facilities, typical of a camp."
"This improvisation should not be allowed in the face of a reality that, although with ups and downs, manifests itself constantly," she referred to the situation of migrant arrivals through the Canary route. In addition, she warned that situations such as that of the Arguineguín pier (Gran Canaria), which led to the overcrowding of 2,000 people in the port, must be avoided.
In this line, she remarked that "there should be permanent facilities that guarantee an immediate reception in conditions of dignity for the constant flow of arrivals." At the same time, she insists that the migrants who arrive by sea to the Canary Islands are "vulnerable people" and should be treated as such.
In the aforementioned document to which La Voz has had access, the Public Prosecutor's Office has pointed out the importance of conditioning a space to attend to the needs of migrants in the first reception. In addition, it has criticized that the installation of these places is "subject to improvisation."
In this line, the Delegate for Immigration of the Las Palmas Prosecutor's Office has urged the Spanish State to consider whether the dangerousness of the Canary route, "one of the most deadly in the world", does not call into question "whether an effective response is being given to the migratory phenomenon and to the protection of situations of vulnerability."
To conclude, the Public Prosecutor's Office has sent "several reports to the competent authorities, highlighting the poor conditions of the Centers, without, until now, the detected problems having been solved."
