The Minister of Territorial Policy and functional authority in the crisis of Ceuta, Ángel Víctor Torres, emphasized this Thursday that the main medium and long-term challenge lies in the management of the migrant minors who have arrived in the autonomous city, around 3,000. In his opinion, the solution is for these minors to be welcomed in other communities of Spanish territory, "unless the president (Juan Jesús) Vivas wants them to stay in Ceuta, which would be a mistake. It goes against what he has always defended."
Referring to the situation of the migrant minors arriving at the border territories, the head of Territorial Policy criticized the proposal of the Popular Party to return the minors who arrive on Spanish shores. "In the end, their intention is for them to stay in the border territories. They say that what needs to be done is to return them, but how many have been returned? Not a single minor. It is a very complicated situation because there is a superior law for minors that is international. Not even Meloni in Italy has been able to return unaccompanied minors, not even take them to third countries," he explained.
In the interview granted to Televisión Canaria, Torres recalled that the Government of Spain has adopted "a decision," consisting of the migrant minors being referred to the rest of the autonomous communities. He reproached that the Popular Party has opposed this measure, voting against "the modification of the Immigration Law to favor the distribution of migrant minors," so, as he pointed out, "therefore, they are not there to give any choice. In the end, we are what we vote."
The minister also warned that if the Popular Party and Vox reach the Government of Spain, they will repeal the reform of Article 35 of the Immigration Law. "We will work so that they do not govern. We are convinced that we will be able to revalidate a progressive government in our country in the next elections on November 29," Torres emphasized.
In this context, he warned of the consequences that, in his opinion, a state executive supported by the right and the far right would have for the Archipelago. "A Government of Spain, alongside Vox, would be dramatic for the Canary Islands, for many reasons. In the migratory issue, without a doubt. They wish, want, and have voted for them to stay in the border territories. Let the Canarians take note," he concluded.