“We are absolutely alone,” says the president
VALVERDE (EL HIERRO), Oct. 8 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has denounced the “collapse” that exists in the islands due to the migratory crisis and has not understood why the Government of Spain does not have the same solidarity with the islands that it shows with other countries, which is why has demanded that the State “look to the Canary Islands.”
“I don’t know what else has to happen for the Government to look at the Canary Islands, take care of us and put in place a single command,” he said this Sunday in El Hierro during statements to the media in which he regretted that the State does not have the archipelago “all that solidarity” that it sometimes shows to other countries.
Clavijo has placed special emphasis on the fact that El Hierro “is unable to take any more” because the resources are “totally collapsed” and no matter how much migrants, both minors and adults, are referred to other islands, they are also beginning to be “collapsed.” .
CANARY ISLANDS SOLITAIRE GUARDIANSHIP OF MORE THAN 3,000 MINORS
In addition, the president insisted on the serious problem that the CCAA has with more than 3,000 unaccompanied minors warded alone, “who are boys and girls.” “It breaks your soul,” he stressed to reiterate that Spain needs to “look to the Canary Islands.”
He also referred to the situation suffered by the doctors of El Hierro, understanding, after speaking with the president of the College of Physicians, that retired doctors will have to be consulted to see if it is possible to avoid leaving the health centers on the island undersupplied due to the collapse that professionals also suffer with “endless” shifts.
“WE ARE ABSOLUTELY ALONE”
“And so we are. Alone. Absolutely alone in the face of this humanitarian crisis. The silence of the Government of Spain in the face of this situation is absolutely incomprehensible,” he observed.
For this reason, Clavijo asked the State to make an agreement with the Red Cross so that medical services can be at the dock, to meet with the Commission of the Autonomous Communities so that unaccompanied minors can be distributed in the different communities, ” as agreed”, in order to give them an education.
Regarding the bone tests carried out by forensic doctors so that the Prosecutor’s Office can determine if the migrants are really minors because sometimes it is not so obvious and they are 18 or 19 years old, the president pointed out that the situation is also one of collapse and that in these At the moment there are 1,500 young people who have not yet been able to undergo this test.
“In any emergency you don’t have seven generals. You have one general, who is the one who commands and organizes. Here we have six,” he explained to insist on the need for a single command to face this situation.
