The government delegate in Cantabria, Pedro Casares Hontañón, has appealed on the reception of unaccompanied minors to “that land of solidarity that is Cantabria, which we have always been a place of reception and have shown to be equal to the circumstances”.
Regarding the reaction of the Government of Cantabria to the knowledge that the autonomous community has to host 198 menas, in the distribution that is made between all the communities of the peninsula since the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, are already at the limit of their capacity, the government delegate has asked the Cantabrian executive “that before seeking the confrontation, the conflict work together if there is a problem and a solution must be sought”.
The government delegate in Cantabria made these statements at the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) before attending the conference of the Secretary of State for Energy, Joan Groizard, together with the president of the Ecological Transition Commission, Cristina Narbona, on 'the new dynamics of the ecological transition'.
“They are talking about figures, numbers, as if we were not talking about children, vulnerable people who have had to flee the horror of war, the hunger of their countries, we are talking about that we have to respect and protect human rights, and therefore, I want and convey, above all, a message of solidarity, because we are talking about people, not numbers,” he said.
Casares recalled that the Government of Spain is going to allocate 100 million euros initially to pay for all transfers and support the reception of all minors who are transferred, as well as to finance the overoccupation of systems that are above their ordinary capacity.
In this regard, Casares has shown its maximum willingness to collaborate and seek solutions together and has reminded the Government of Cantabria, that from the first moment the Ministry of Children and Youth has worked with the autonomous communities in different sectoral conferences, in different meetings to address this issue and how the reception of minors in the peninsula could be carried out.
Yes, the government delegate recalled that “this is a humanitarian drama, where the Canaries, Ceuta and Melilla cannot face this humanitarian emergency alone, and where all the autonomous communities have to be in solidarity”.
From there, he said, the number of unaccompanied minors that finally arrive in Cantabria may be different, “they may be less, but, above all, please I want to remind the members of the PP in the regional government that we are talking about people, children,” Casares concluded.