Elderly residents moved out in Navarra, Spain, to make way for migrant minors
The Navarra regional government's decision to relocate elderly residents to a 'concrete desert' to house unaccompanied migrant minors reopens the debate over the...
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Navarra moves elderly residents to a 'concrete desert' to make way for migrant minors
At the end of this month, residents of an elderly care home in the centre of a village in Navarra, northern Spain, were moved to an industrial estate on the outskirts. The reason: the building will be used to house unaccompanied foreign minors. The new location has been described by those affected themselves as a 'concrete desert', with no access to supermarkets, churches or green spaces.
The decision, pushed through by the regional government led by María Chivite (PSOE), reopens the debate over the management of public resources. While the government defends the integration of young migrants, critics argue that those who have contributed most to the system are being sacrificed. The electoral argument does not go unnoticed: with the polls against them, the young and migrant vote looks like a political target.
The case has an added twist: the original care home is located on the Camino de Santiago. Some local traders antiestéticar that the flow of pilgrims will suffer if the area is perceived as unsafe. The generational swap, meanwhile, leaves an unanswered question: to what extent is intergenerational solidarity a two-way contract?
At the end of this month, residents of an elderly care home in the centre of a village in Navarra, northern Spain, were moved to an industrial estate on the outskirts. The reason: the building will be used to house unaccompanied foreign minors. The new location has been described by those affected themselves as a 'concrete desert', with no access to supermarkets, churches or green spaces.
The decision, pushed through by the regional government led by María Chivite (PSOE), reopens the debate over the management of public resources. While the government defends the integration of young migrants, critics argue that those who have contributed most to the system are being sacrificed. The electoral argument does not go unnoticed: with the polls against them, the young and migrant vote looks like a political target.
The case has an added twist: the original care home is located on the Camino de Santiago. Some local traders antiestéticar that the flow of pilgrims will suffer if the area is perceived as unsafe. The generational swap, meanwhile, leaves an unanswered question: to what extent is intergenerational solidarity a two-way contract?
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