The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration continues to look for locations to build the new centers for refugees with which it wants to expand by "5,700 own places" of reception after having encountered the reluctance of some municipal and regional governments, reports the EFE agency.
The department of José Luis Escrivá plans to launch between "17 and 20 devices" with first arrival centers (CPLL), including seven in the Canary Islands and two in the Peninsula, and in addition to, international protection reception centers (CAPI).
With the construction of new centers or the adaptation of existing facilities, the project, financed with "231 million from the European Next GenerationEU funds", seeks to strengthen "the Spanish system of humanitarian care and international protection reception" and expand the "400 places" managed so far by the administration itself between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025.
"The idea has always been to have stable places for first arrivals in the Canary Islands"
Inclusion sources emphasize that in the Canary Islands the idea has always been to have "stable places for first arrivals", although they do not detail whether the temporary camps set up within the Canary Islands Plan at the end of 2020 to welcome the high number of migrants who arrived on the islands, will "be transformed into own centers".
According to the latest data published by the Ministry, 34,725 people are in the state system of International and Temporary Protection reception, which has a network of centers and resources distributed throughout the national territory, some of public ownership, but many managed by NGOs.
In fact, "only 436 applicants" are welcomed in the centers managed directly by Inclusion, in Vallecas and Alcobendas (Madrid), Seville and Mislata (Valencia) and the rest are cared for in apartments and centers by social organizations with government funding.
