The Cabildo hopes to be able to return "shortly" the La Santa hostel to the company awarded its management. And it is that, in the facilities, which since last October have been used to house the alleged minors who arrived on the island by boat, there are "only 13 boys left", according to the Minister of Social Welfare, Maite Corujo. Thus, although the agreement reached with the company for the temporary transfer of the facilities does not end "until March", the first institution hopes to deliver the La Santa hostel before the deadline.
According to Corujo, the 13 boys who remain in the La Santa hostel are still awaiting the resolution of the tests that confirm whether they are minors or not, so they cannot yet be transferred to another island. However, in the juvenile center that the Cabildo has in Yaiza, "there are 14 who do have it", so the Cabildo has proposed to transfer the minors who are in Yaiza, so that those who are staying in La Santa move to the southern center and the hostel is free "as soon as possible".
This was stated by the Minister of Social Welfare of the Cabildo, who conveyed it to the Deputy Minister of Social Police of the Government of the Canary Islands. "Because for me it is worrying that sports clubs of children or large groups who want to travel at a reasonable price in lodging cannot come to Lanzarote. And also, the town is worried that summer is approaching and they will not have the hostel, which is an income of money," said Maite Corujo, who nevertheless pointed out that "it is true that it is difficult to take six or seven minors at once to a center." "Because I also manage it and I know what it means," she added.
"And I have to be honest about this. Even if we refer children to other islands, we also have to get involved in opening more resources," has said Corujo, who believes that "the island cannot be left limping again" if the La Santa hostel is handed over "and the trickle of boats starts again." "In addition, when we already have children with a resolution of minority age, the next step is to normalize it. The law obliges us to register the child, to enroll him in school and to normalize his life," she explained.
New resources for minors
In this way, the Minister of Social Welfare of the Cabildo has advanced, on the one hand, that the institution is working on the purchase of a home, which will become a juvenile center, whose file "is already in Contracting." "It is a large house, with enough capacity, which will require a small intervention, because now it is a normal house and it will become a center, which will mean dividing rooms and so on," she explained.
In addition, Social Welfare of the Cabildo will have another house in Yaiza, ceded by the Environment, which will also be conditioned "to be prepared" for a possible new rebound in the arrival of boats to the island. This property, according to Corujo, also needs repairs, but "they are small interventions and there is already a prepared squad", so the Minister of the Cabildo hopes that they will be carried out "shortly".
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