The PP spokesperson in the Parliament of Catalonia, Lorena Roldán, has accused Junts of trying to “take advantage” of the migration crisis in Ceuta to “gain an edge” over the leader of Aliança Catalana, Sílvia Orriols. This is how she referred to Junts’ rejection of Catalonia’s participation in the distribution of unaccompanied foreign minors remaining in Ceuta and the proposal for the Generalitat to assume immigration powers. “Whenever there is a crisis, Junts tries to profit,” Roldán stated. In addition, controls continue this Sunday at Spanish airports for travelers arriving from Italy, which were already being applied last night at seven aerodromes. A measure adopted on Friday by Pedro Sánchez’s government in response to the one imposed by Giorgia Meloni’s administration after the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta on July 30. In the autonomous city, the population is concerned that something similar could happen again, according to its president, Juan Jesús Vivas, who has called on the government for preventive and deterrent measures. To demand this same requirement, Ceuta’s religious communities have called a demonstration this Sunday. On the other hand, and while
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The PP accuses Junts of “taking advantage” of the crisis in Ceuta to “gain an edge”
The PP spokesperson in the Parliament of Catalonia, Lorena Roldán, has accused Junts of trying to “take advantage” of the migration crisis in Ceuta to “gain an edge” over the leader of Aliança Catalana, Sílvia Orriols. This is how she referred to Junts’ rejection of Catalonia’s participation in the distribution of unaccompanied foreign minors remaining in Ceuta and the proposal for the Generalitat to assume immigration powers. “Whenever there is a crisis, Junts tries to profit,” Roldán stated, recalling that when the PP said that the distribution of unaccompanied minors “had to be looked at carefully, because obviously Catalonia cannot absorb more than it is doing, they called us all sorts of names, including from Junts.”
However, now Junts “finds it convenient” to be tougher on immigration issues because “they are worried about the polls,” which predict a decline, she emphasized. According to Roldán, “Junts is not worried about immigration,” but “is thinking about how to gain an advantage over Sílvia Orriols.” In Junts, she opined, “they no longer know what to do, they are a bit desperate” due to the rise of Aliança Catalana in the polls, so they have again “pulled out of the hat” the proposal for Catalonia to assume immigration powers. (Efe)
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The Blue March of Ceuta uncovers gaps in the EU and unrest in Morocco
Exile is one of the names of the journey. More than 70,000 people undertook that uncertain journey in the last days of July and risked their lives in Ceuta to try to reach the precarious status of migrants in Europe. The population of that Spanish enclave in North Africa doubled for a few hours and set off all alarms. That unprecedented and massive Blue March, in search of the Mediterranean and the European flag, surprised the Moroccan, Spanish, and EU authorities. It was a deadly crisis: at least 142 migrants died in the attempt. And fleeting: about 2,000, if one trusts the figures from the Ministry of the Interior, remain in Ceuta; 70,000 have already left due to hunger, the realization that crossing to the Old Continent was impossible, and perhaps for other reasons. The bulk of that episode is said to be resolved, according to Madrid reporters. But a good crisis is like Schrödinger’s cat; you never know if it is alive or dead. The Ceuta border, crowded with police and military, denies any aspiration to return to normality. And the streets of Ceuta tell another story: a swarm of young people, at least about 5,000, remain there defying official statistics, along with a few hundred sub-Saharans. They have been hungry. They sleep in parks, on beaches, in some industrial warehouses precariously adapted, with that air of a military camp, almost a concentration camp.
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Good morning. The religious communities of Ceuta have called for a demonstration this Sunday to demand solutions to the migration crisis caused by the irregular entry from Morocco on July 30 of more than 70,000 people, of whom between 8,000 and 11,000 still remain in the city, according to estimates from the Ceuta government. The president of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, has encouraged participation in this gathering “to show that Ceuta does not give up. That Ceuta will move forward,” and has requested that the event be understood as a collective expression of the entire city and not as a mobilization linked to a particular political party.
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