The PP has threatened not to “facilitate the processing” of the reform of the Immigration Law that will be voted on Tuesday in the Plenary Session of Congress. It was late on Sunday when Génova explained to various media that the contact this Sunday between the Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, and the spokesperson for the Popular Group, Miguel Tellado, was not enough to obtain their support and that the positions are far apart. But the Executive insists that they remain open to dialogue and denies that they have rejected the demands of the Popular Party, as Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s party denounces.
The deadlines for negotiations are very short because this Tuesday the Congress will debate and vote on the consideration of the bill to reform the Immigration Law that PSOE, Sumar and Coalición Canaria registered last week in response to the oversaturation of migrant minors in the Canary Islands. The objective of the proposal is to establish the distribution of minors as obligatory when there is a collapse in those islands, but also in Ceuta or Melilla. And the promoters of this initiative would only need an abstention from the Popular Group for the norm to start its parliamentary process.
However, PP sources cited by Europa Press point out that “the Government’s refusal” to their requests does not allow them “to facilitate the processing of a law that is based on imposition and not on dialogue.” Specifically, the PP proposes declaring a migration emergency “for the entire national territory,” not just for the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla. It also proposes offering funding to the autonomous communities, the involvement of the Government in the management of minors, greater control of the borders and negotiations with Europe so that it takes measures, investments and agreements with the countries of origin.
Furthermore, the PP demands that the distribution always be for all autonomous communities, without exception. “This must be reflected in the proposed law, so that it cannot be avoided later by transferring immigration powers to any autonomous community, as has been expressed in recent weeks,” says the PP in the document sent to Torres.
Moncloa is open to contributions from groups
From Moncloa, on the other hand, they point out that during the conversation held on Sunday between Ángel Víctor Torres and Miguel Tellado “at no time was the PP told that the Government would not negotiate in response to its requests. “Quite the contrary, if the bill from the Socialist group, Sumar and Coalición Canaria is admitted for processing on Tuesday, it can be improved in the parliamentary process with all the contributions from the parliamentary groups, including the PP,” the Executive points out.
Moncloa also argues that some of the PP’s proposals “are already included in the text registered in Congress.” It explains that the proposal does not include any exceptions to any territory, the possibility that the emergency be extended to other territories, if it occurs, and the proposal that the modification of the immigration law be done by means of a bill would only prolong the solution in time.
For the Government, “the urgency is of the utmost importance” and that is why it defends the registration of an urgent bill agreed between the Government of Spain (PSOE-Sumar) and the Government of the Canary Islands (CC-PP), which is the one that will be submitted for consideration on Tuesday. The aforementioned sources explain that Minister Torres also informed Tellado that the national PP proposal for the children in question to remain in the Canary Islands “conflicts with the will of the Government of the islands”.
As for the rest of the PP’s requests, the Government assures that “issues such as holding a Conference of Presidents and others can be discussed and agreed upon, and Torres has conveyed this to Tellado in the parliamentary debate.” Nevertheless, Torres asked the PP “to vote yes and not to hide behind excuses to, in the end, practice unsupportive policies.”
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