The Conselleria de Familias y Asuntos Sociales has indicated that it will study in “depth” the request of the Consell de Formentera to to return the competences of guardianship of unaccompanied migrant children arriving on the island in patera.
This was indicated by the Councilor for Families and Social Affairs, Catalina Cirer, when asked this Tuesday, at a press conference, if this request has been addressed, which has been transferred to the Govern after the agreement of the plenary of the insular institution. Cirer pointed out that the content of the request has not yet been dealt with, but clarified that this return of competences would only affect the part of the migrant minors and not the whole of the protection of minors. In this sense, he remarked that this transfer, like any other, has a “process” and “guarantees”, since there will be a permanence in time. He also stressed that it is an “unusual” case and different meetings will be held to see “if it is feasible” and its legal fit. Cirer stressed that Formentera has an “important and serious problem”, being the island where more migrant boats arrive but “has no space or infrastructure” for the reception of minors who, upon arrival to the island, are under the guardianship of the Consell. However, he stressed the “solidarity” of the island of Mallorca and its citizens, since the “majority” of these minors who are not welcomed in Formentera are transferred to Mallorca for their reception and is the one that has a “greater pressure” of these minors, although the guardianship is maintained by the Consell de Formentera.
