Jesús Machín, states that he hopes that "the Cabildo, as soon as possible, will take the immigrants out of the town and return the hostel to Tinajo as they have promised".
The mayor of Tinajo has sent a statement to also "condemn the events that have occurred in recent days in relation to the immigrants from the Tinajo hostel", the City Council reports. "The provocations and bad actions of the immigrants in recent days, which have been occurring for some time, cannot be allowed under any circumstances," he concludes.
"We cannot ignore the repeated mistreatment of many people who use the bus that travels through the area, including the disturbances at the Arrecife Bus Station, without forgetting what happened this past weekend with the throwing of stones at the residents of La Santa," he recalls.
Machín confirms that "as soon as I found out about the events, I sought, once again, to solve the problem." "I have had several conversations with both Loli Corujo and Ángel Víctor Torres, and both have promised me, now, that they are going to take the immigrants out of the Tinajo Hostel."
"But Tinajo is no longer waiting for promises and wants to give an ultimatum, that they take them out NOW," he demands.
Jesús Machín recalls that "these minors are not Tinajo's responsibility." The guardianship of these problematic minors is the responsibility of the "Cabildo of Lanzarote and the General Directorate of the Government of the Canary Islands." "It is a problem that they have not solved in four years despite repeated requests from the Tinajo City Council and many meetings requesting that they act," he reports.
"My unconditional support to the neighbors in their demands but I ask them to always be peaceful"
He also shows "my unconditional support to my neighbors in their demands, demonstrations and gatherings, I ask them to always be peaceful, until the immigrants leave the town, are transferred to other islands, to the larger islands, or are distributed among the municipalities of Lanzarote," he makes clear.
