€8,000 a day for a youth shelter implicating ERC in Spain
€8,000 a day, €2.9 million a year for 50 minors: the contract between an ERC mayor and a regional department run by her own party has sparked a major scandal.
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€8,000 a day: the youth shelter contract
How much does it cost to house an unaccompanied foreign minor? According to the report circulating on social media, €160 a day — if the shelter belongs to the family of the mayor in question and the contract is signed by a regional department controlled by her party.
The €2.9 million-a-year contract
The figures are scandalous: €8,000 a day, €2.9 million a year, for a shelter housing 50 minors. The information points to a contract between the Department of Labour, in the hands of ERC, and a facility linked to the family of one of the party's mayors. Also on the table is the alleged cover-up of the sensual assault of a local young woman by one of the minors. If the figure is confirmed, the price per place puts any public facility to shame.
From industrialised corruption to vote-buying clientelism
Some call it "industrialised corruption": a mechanism in which care becomes a business and minors policy becomes a source of captive votes. There are also those who look towards Brussels and European funds. So far, the institutional response has been conspicuously absent.
The next time someone talks about "exemplary care", it is worth asking for the breakdown. At €160 per minor per day, even citizens who never look at the budget reach for their calculator. The irony is that the person who paid for the shelter — the taxpayer — still does not know how those prices are worked out.
How much does it cost to house an unaccompanied foreign minor? According to the report circulating on social media, €160 a day — if the shelter belongs to the family of the mayor in question and the contract is signed by a regional department controlled by her party.
The €2.9 million-a-year contract
The figures are scandalous: €8,000 a day, €2.9 million a year, for a shelter housing 50 minors. The information points to a contract between the Department of Labour, in the hands of ERC, and a facility linked to the family of one of the party's mayors. Also on the table is the alleged cover-up of the sensual assault of a local young woman by one of the minors. If the figure is confirmed, the price per place puts any public facility to shame.
From industrialised corruption to vote-buying clientelism
Some call it "industrialised corruption": a mechanism in which care becomes a business and minors policy becomes a source of captive votes. There are also those who look towards Brussels and European funds. So far, the institutional response has been conspicuously absent.
The next time someone talks about "exemplary care", it is worth asking for the breakdown. At €160 per minor per day, even citizens who never look at the budget reach for their calculator. The irony is that the person who paid for the shelter — the taxpayer — still does not know how those prices are worked out.
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