After the Government Council meeting, the vice president defended that this administration wants to prioritize “the best interests of the minor,” which in her view means being with their family, and for that reason it is demanding their “return,” although if they arrive “through the application of the law,” they will be given “assistance.”
She also pointed out that the return of both adults and minors is possible because “Morocco is going to participate in the staging of a World Cup” and, therefore, “it is capable of taking responsibility and guaranteeing day-to-day services for its citizens.”
POLICY ON TAKING IN MINORS
“The Government of Spain is putting the safety and even the lives of Ceuta residents at serious risk,” Aragón Vice President Mar Vaquero said. She accused Pedro Sánchez of using immigrants in Ceuta as “mere merchandise” to fuel confrontation and defended the regional government’s position on taking in minors.
The vice president wanted to convey the Government of Aragón’s support to all Ceuta residents, to its president, Juan Jesús Vivas, who in her view is playing “an enormous role,” to all Security Forces and Corps, and to emergency health services “that are operating without any assistance from the central government, which has resulted in an invasion.”
She said this situation of insecurity is reflected in the attack on Julia Ferreras, a member of the Ceuta Assembly from the Ceuta Ya! party, whose car was attacked at the port of the autonomous city by a group of demonstrators. “Ceuta residents are constantly held hostage in their daily lives and unable to go about them normally, and the Government of Spain, despite weeks having passed, has taken absolutely no measures,” she said.
