If anything was clear on Saturday, it is that Morocco’s border control makes an avalanche like the one Ceuta experienced on July 30 impossible. Of the call to try again on the 15th for the massive entry into Spain, and therefore into Europe, only images remain of the Moroccan repression of the long lines of people who tried to approach the fence on Tarajal beach, and of the Spanish soldiers shielding the access in case someone slipped through. None succeeded. It cannot be seen as a triumph that, despite what happened in July, hundreds or thousands of people keep trying, because it shows the desperation of so many people. What will become of them? The way the neighboring country acts does not bode well. And in the case of sub-Saharan Africans, it will be much worse.
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We cannot host them all and, if not, just ask those who remain in Ceuta waiting to escape being sent back to Morocco, whether through the mafias that roam the autonomous city, especially on Trampolín beach, where mostly sub-Saharan Africans have gathered, whether in the undercarriage of a fair truck, as we have seen before, or whether by transfer, especially of minors, to the Peninsula.
A minority party cannot be allowed to dictate the policy of a community
What we have confirmed after fifteen days is that Morocco is not as reliable a partner as has been said, although the July avalanche surprised them too, or at least its consequences, making it ultimately impossible for them to stop it, after turning a blind eye to perhaps “send a message to Spain”? The move backfired, because the image of their king and the entire country has been damaged. But Spain’s prestige has also suffered, no matter how much the eclipse has put the country on all international news, because the eclipse passes and the situation Ceuta is living continues.
Ceuta cannot take any more. It is not racism, nor xenophobia, nor lack of solidarity; it is that a city cannot replace a State in cases like this, no matter how much social services depend on one administration and border control on another. If one fails, the problem is everyone’s, and it is not solved with daily visits from ministers who leave and everything stays the same. At least that seems to be the case, and lacking explanations, we have the right to think so. It would be easier to inform and work hand in hand all administrations, as if it were one of the fires we are suffering.
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It would also be good if the Government and Senate did not get entangled in the fight over whether you appear on Wednesday or I go next month. It is not about whether the Upper House has the power to control the Executive, which it does, it is in the Constitution, and that ministers cannot refuse to attend, they cannot. In these 48 years of democratic history, no one had thought of it, and that is why there are no coercive mechanisms to force them.
It is not about that. It is about the Spaniards, and especially the people of Ceuta, having the right to an explanation, to know what happened, why, what failed, what will be done with the two thousand or ten thousand who still roam the city. It is not about linking immigration and crime, but when immigrants have nothing to eat, security is at risk.
It would be good if the Government acted with the same speed with which it called a meeting with the autonomous communities to discuss the distribution of minors when it is still unknown how many there are. I suppose it was to expose the PP governments in which Vox has the competence over unaccompanied minors. Objective achieved. Unacceptable that those responsible from Castilla y León, Extremadura, and Aragón, with PP presidents, refused to attend, who should have sent someone even if it was not their competence. A minority party cannot be allowed to dictate the policy of a community. If not, it must face the consequences.
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