The Vox parliamentary group has been left alone in its plea against the “invasion” of Canary Islands by irregular immigrants, whom he has once again linked to an increase in crime, despite the contrary opinion of the Prosecutor’s Office, and with a “threat to our coexistence.”
The Vox deputy Paula Jover has been in charge of defending in the plenary session of the autonomous Parliament a non-legal proposal, rejected by the rest of the groups, in which it is requested to reinforce the security forces and bodies “so that our streets return to be safe.”
It also calls for strengthening border controls, “persecuting and harshly punishing the mafias” that traffic people, the immediate expulsion of all people who arrive irregularly, or closing reception centers for unaccompanied migrant minors and These are returned to their families in their countries of origin.
Vox also includes in its initiative urging the Government of Spain to deny registration and the granting of nationality to these people, and the closure of religious centers “where women are not respected and proclamations are made against our customs.”
Paula Jover has blamed this “invasion” of irregular immigrants on “the elites” of Brussels who, instead of promoting birth policies and “protecting workers,” promote a migratory flow that “endangers the Europe we know” and which the labor market is not capable of absorbing.
He has abhorred the immigration policy of the countries of arrival, transit and destination that treat these people “as if they were refugees.”
“Ukrainian refugees are treated the same as a healthy young migrant who wants to improve their economic situation,” and who is also “not in a position to adapt to our customs,” he stated.
Paula Jover has also indicated that this immigration cannot be compared with that carried out last century by the Canarians in Venezuela, which they “raised with their work”, or in Germany.
He has criticized that “politicians and media insist on hiding reality”, which according to Vox translates into “the proliferation of prohibited areas” and “a blind eye to polygamy or female genital mutilation, honor killings or segregation.” .
And, linked to all of the above, he has proclaimed that the Canary Islands “is not immune to this horror”, since on the islands “cayuco bosses are imprisoned, the police warn of cases of tuberculosis among immigrants, there are riots with knives” to avoid deportations, “jihadist rallies” and “a triple rape of a woman” in Tenerife.
The response of the rest of the groups to the Vox initiative has been unanimous in its rejection.
Raúl Acosta, from AHI, has criticized the fact that they try to wage “a crusade” alone to differentiate themselves from the rest and that they “manipulate” data to link immigration and crime, “stirring up the cocktail of hate.”
Jesús Ramos (ASG) has expressed the opinion that Vox’s speech “has no place in the Canary Islands” and has declared himself “terrified” with the 17 claims contained in the non-legal proposition, from whose reading it could be inferred that “our streets were the Gaza Strip”.
Luis Campos, from Nueva Canarias, has said that today the Parliament of the Canary Islands “has taken a step back” when witnessing the intervention of deputy Paula Jover, and has proclaimed that there cannot be “not even a step back” when it comes to preventing “the discourse of hate and human misery from advancing” .
Pink Seeof the PP, has stated that immigration “has not been a priority issue” for the Government of Spain or for the previous one canarian executiveand that his party has always called for “the application of the law in force” in repatriation procedures or the reinforcement of security and rescue bodies and forces, to which he has expressed his gratitude.
He has also praised “the responsibility and generosity” that the Canarians have shown throughout history and especially in recent years in the face of the migratory phenomenon, “aware of the human drama of each person”, when it comes to welcoming, providing assistance medical and even “hugging when necessary.”
Jana González, from the Nationalist group, ironically stated that yesterday Vox alluded in Parliament to a “fictitious confrontation between the sexes” when discussing policies against sexist violence, and today they promote with their initiative “a division between the Canaries and immigrants.”
González has justified the vote against Vox’s proposal by saying that in his group “we have the radical idea of treating people in accordance with human rights, regardless of color or nationality.”
Along the same lines, Patricia Hernández, from the Socialist group, has criticized the fact that Vox defended yesterday in the Chamber that “violence has no gender” but today argues that it does “have color”, and has deplored the “racist nonsense” and the ” classist insinuations” that Vox’s parliamentary initiative distills.
