The decision of the National Court to provisionally halt the imminent opening of the immigrant camp set up in the port of Ceuta, late Wednesday afternoon, was a new setback in the Government’s plans to manage the serious migratory crisis that the autonomous city has been suffering since the avalanche of July 30 and 31. The Executive expressed its “perplexity” at the ruling of the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the National Court, following the demand of the Unified Police Union (SUP) over the alleged danger that these tents could pose to the security of a critical facility such as the port.
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However, the Government did not rest on its laurels. The Ministry of Transport, headed by Óscar Puente, according to La Vanguardia, immediately sent, on the same Wednesday night, the resolution and the administrative file by which on September 5 it enabled these grounds in the port of Ceuta, despite the clash with the president of Ceuta, Juan José Vivas, to provide temporary shelter for up to 1,800 immigrants who still sleep outdoors in the autonomous city, as requested by the National Court itself to resolve the issue.
Ministers Óscar Puente and Óscar López have requested this Thursday that the National Court resolve this dispute “as soon as possible,” even though it has a 48-hour period to rule. They trust it will be a matter of hours. At Moncloa, they admit that until then, all they can do is wait. And keep their fingers crossed, because they acknowledge there is no alternative to the grounds already enabled by the Government in the port of Ceuta to relocate these up to 1,800 immigrants who were expected to be housed in the tents starting today.
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“There are no alternatives to the facilities in the port,” they admit at Moncloa, awaiting the National Court’s ruling on the dispute
“There are no alternatives to the facilities in the port,” they admit at Moncloa. Minister Óscar López stated this morning that Ceuta is not, for example, like Castilla y León, the largest autonomous community in Spain, since the autonomous city is a very small territory, barely 20 square kilometers, and there will always be an impact on the neighbors from a device of this nature.
“The port is the best available ground to carry out this operation, everything has been enabled according to the law and with safety criteria, with sanitation, power and water connections. Security is guaranteed. Work has been done to ensure that this space has all the guarantees,” they defend in the Executive. And now they only trust that the National Court will give the green light.
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