The mayor of Teguise and parliamentary deputy for the Canarian Coalition, as well as secretary of Migration Policies, Oswaldo Betancort, has deeply regretted that Lanzarote and the Canary Islands are once again suffering one of the worst consequences of the non-existent management of an unprecedented migration crisis.
“The reality of Lanzarote, and so many other beaches and coasts of the Canary Islands, is tremendously dramatic, because as we witnessed this Tuesday on El Jablillo beach in Costa Teguise, while some were enjoying their vacations, others arrived dying in broad daylight in a boat from routes organized in connivance with both governments, those from there and those from here, who do nothing to prevent it.”
“Not only do they ignore or deny that the migration crisis in the Canary Islands is very serious, but no declaration is heard from them either regarding so many regrettable episodes that we are suffering, not even a message out of respect for so many victims who lose their lives at sea,” says Betancort.
“I totally agree with my colleague, deputy Ana Oramas, in pointing to the socialist government as responsible for a situation that they seem not to want to tackle, because that is what they are demonstrating by not picking up the phone, nor seeking diplomatic agreements with Morocco and other countries of origin of migratory flows,” he adds.
“There is no will, there are no resources, and it seems that there is not much blood in the veins of the party that governs in the Canary Islands and in Spain either,” laments Betancort, who considers “the silence of the president of the Canarians and Sánchez as an insult to our land.”
Likewise, Oswaldo Betancort, on behalf of his party, declares the “rejection of the hypocrisy of a Government that has shown speed in responding to other humanitarian dramas such as that of Afghanistan or the migration crisis in Ceuta, boasting about it, while the Canary Islands suffers alone one of the most serious humanitarian crises in all of Europe.”
“We demand policies that prevent a new migratory chaos, that images like those of the Arguineguín camp or macro-centers like Las Raíces are not repeated, qwhich made the Islands, not only the great macro-prison of Europe, but a place where human rights were systematically violated, as denounced by NGOs and entities.” “In addition, we vindicate the role of Frontex, which does not monitor its borders nor does Spain demand it,” concluded Betancort, thanking “the work of the Local Police, Civil Guard and volunteers who go out of their way despite the scarce resources they have to face the crisis.”