Leire Díaz, head of an NGO: the migrant aid racket
Reported income of €4,000 per unaccompanied minor against barely €500 in expenses: this is how Leire Díaz's NGO works, according to circulating figures.
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Leire Díaz, the little Nicolasa, runs an NGO: how much does it take in?
What lies behind a political figure like Leire Díaz ending up at the head of an NGO? According to the numbers circulating, the business is juicy. The model is a familiar one: setting up a non-profit to channel public funds with minimal transparency. In this case, Leire's NGO would focus on caring for unaccompanied migrant minors, one of the most generous budget lines in Spain's public coffers.
The math per minor: €4,000 in income, €500 in costs
The figures being thrown around are damning. For each minor in its care, the NGO would receive around €4,000 a month from the State. Costs, according to the breakdown, would be minimal: cheap panga fish and frozen croquettes from the food bank, mattresses and clothes from Cáritas, the occasional squatter allowed to sleep at the centre in exchange for acting as an "educator" – often with a forged qualification – and pirated online lectures. Total: about €500 a month. Net profit: €3,500 per minor. With several beneficiaries, the pie multiplies.
A farce with precedents
Leire's case is not an isolated one. Those who track public money recall that former minister Ábalos at one point ran three NGOs simultaneously. And plenty of people now equate the acronym NGO outright with "incivil organisation". The irony reaches remarkable heights: "when they're not setting up NGOs, they set up foundations – the point is grabbing public money," sums up the general mood.
Meanwhile, Leire remains at the helm of her NGO. The real surprise, they say, would be anyone being surprised.
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What lies behind a political figure like Leire Díaz ending up at the head of an NGO? According to the numbers circulating, the business is juicy. The model is a familiar one: setting up a non-profit to channel public funds with minimal transparency. In this case, Leire's NGO would focus on caring for unaccompanied migrant minors, one of the most generous budget lines in Spain's public coffers.
The math per minor: €4,000 in income, €500 in costs
The figures being thrown around are damning. For each minor in its care, the NGO would receive around €4,000 a month from the State. Costs, according to the breakdown, would be minimal: cheap panga fish and frozen croquettes from the food bank, mattresses and clothes from Cáritas, the occasional squatter allowed to sleep at the centre in exchange for acting as an "educator" – often with a forged qualification – and pirated online lectures. Total: about €500 a month. Net profit: €3,500 per minor. With several beneficiaries, the pie multiplies.
A farce with precedents
Leire's case is not an isolated one. Those who track public money recall that former minister Ábalos at one point ran three NGOs simultaneously. And plenty of people now equate the acronym NGO outright with "incivil organisation". The irony reaches remarkable heights: "when they're not setting up NGOs, they set up foundations – the point is grabbing public money," sums up the general mood.
Meanwhile, Leire remains at the helm of her NGO. The real surprise, they say, would be anyone being surprised.
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