Vox demands Barbón reveal where migrant minors in Asturias will be housed

Vox ramps up pressure and demands Barbón disclose the location of migrant minors

Where will the group of migrant minors whom the regional government of Asturias must relocate be living? The question has been at the centre of Asturian political debate for days. Vox, through its MP Carolina López, frames it as a demand for transparency: Asturians have the right to know where these young people will be placed, especially after the initial option of an apartment building in the La Florida neighbourhood of Oviedo was ruled out.

The regional health minister, Concepción Saavedra, who is also temporarily in charge of the Department of Social Rights and Welfare, has repeated for a week that the minors are "fully integrated" in Asturias. But the official version does not dispel the tension. Residents of La Florida were the first to react: a protest banner forced the authorities to look for another location.

Transparency and hostility, the double reading

Vox's demand fits into its strategy of hardening its rhetoric on immigration. Some point out that transparency cannot become a tool of hostility towards vulnerable people. Others argue that the only way to avoid neighbourhood opposition is to inform people before making the decision. Both positions agree on one thing: the logistical problem remains unresolved and the minors, meanwhile, are waiting for an answer.

While banners decorate the neighbourhood and parties trade headlines, the regional government has not announced a concrete alternative. So far, transparency has only served to put the problem on the front page. The rest is a silence that can also be heard.