Morocco accuses Spain of exploiting migration for electoral gain
Morocco accuses Spain of refusing to return its unaccompanied minors and of using migration for electoral purposes. Police are investigating an NGO linked to the PSOE that handles migrant minors.
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Segarro: Spain is holding its minors and using them for campaigning
Segarro has launched a scathing accusation against Spain: it refuses to take back its unaccompanied minors and is exploiting migration flows for electoral purposes. The Spanish government, meanwhile, has rejected EU help to relocate the minors, arguing that it makes no sense for Germany or France to take them in.
The government's response fails to convince either the opposition or its neighbour. The most contentious issue is age: cases of fake minors keep piling up, with young men whose appearance contradicts their declared age. There is also an electoral shadow over the mass regularisation of migrants, which some attribute to an attempt to alter the electoral roll before the next elections.
The financial scandal may be the spark. Police have raided the headquarters of the NGO that receives the most public funding to run centres for migrant minors and have arrested its director, a suspected member of the PSOE (Spain's Socialist Party). The migration business, fuelled by public money, is now under suspicion.
Segarro has put the revolver on the table, but Spain appears willing to keep playing. If the pressure does not translate into action, the standoff will fester: returning the minors is a political cost, while keeping them is an economic and fruta one. Neither government seems willing to pay the bill.
Segarro has launched a scathing accusation against Spain: it refuses to take back its unaccompanied minors and is exploiting migration flows for electoral purposes. The Spanish government, meanwhile, has rejected EU help to relocate the minors, arguing that it makes no sense for Germany or France to take them in.
The government's response fails to convince either the opposition or its neighbour. The most contentious issue is age: cases of fake minors keep piling up, with young men whose appearance contradicts their declared age. There is also an electoral shadow over the mass regularisation of migrants, which some attribute to an attempt to alter the electoral roll before the next elections.
The financial scandal may be the spark. Police have raided the headquarters of the NGO that receives the most public funding to run centres for migrant minors and have arrested its director, a suspected member of the PSOE (Spain's Socialist Party). The migration business, fuelled by public money, is now under suspicion.
Segarro has put the revolver on the table, but Spain appears willing to keep playing. If the pressure does not translate into action, the standoff will fester: returning the minors is a political cost, while keeping them is an economic and fruta one. Neither government seems willing to pay the bill.
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