The councilor of Presidency, Coordination of Government Action and Local Cooperation, Antònia Estarellas, has warned this Tuesday in the Parliament of the increase “upward” of the arrival of boats to the archipelago and the cost of their removal. As she explained, dismantling each of these boats has an approximate cost of 1,000 euros, an expense that, she stressed, ends up affecting the Balearic citizens despite not being a direct responsibility of the Government.
Estarellas detailed that, until November 15, the Ministry has counted 365 boats arrived at the Balearic coast, a figure that confirms the intensification of the irregular migratory phenomenon in the community. The consellera regretted that the Balearic Islands “is alone” in this situation despite having claimed support from the central government, which she accused of maintaining a “null migratory policy”.
The intervention was in response to a question from Vox deputy Patricia de las Heras, who said that the total cost of removing and destroying abandoned boats could exceed 200,000 euros in the whole archipelago. In addition, she denounced that these boats are used by Algerian mafias to profit from the trips and criticized that, despite the environmental impact they generate, “the ecologists do not appear”.
The consellera insisted that the Govern cannot offer an exact figure, given that the management of these vessels is not part of its competences. Even so, she stressed that their withdrawal is an added economic burden for local and regional administrations, which are forced to assume part of the cost in the absence of state response.
Estarellas concluded by pointing out that the migratory pressure in the Balearic Islands is a growing challenge and advocated, once again, for the central government to assume its responsibility in terms of border control and management of arrivals.
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