The PP adds to a Vox motion to promote that minor migrants not accompanied by Murcia are repatrified | Spain

The PP and Vox have agreed on Tuesday in the Regional Assembly of Murcia a motion so that the Autonomous Community promotes agreements with the countries of origin of unaccompanied migrant minors accepted in their centers so that they can be « reintegrated with their families » or protected by the administrations of those third countries. The popular have accepted a motion in that sense proposed by those of Santiago Abascal, who have been claiming measures of this type since July 2024, when they broke the government coalition. The opposition recalled that the legislation already contemplates the return of The minors Not accompanied, but « with all procedural guarantees » and after a broad and guarantee procedure that includes the location of their families and adequate care in Spain.

The executive of Fernando López Miras, who has ruled in a minority since then, has failed to carry out the Budgets of the Autonomous Community for this 2025, And the return of migrants not accompanied to their countries of origin is one of the conditions that Vox has been demanding in recent months to support the accounts. The return of migrant children, however, is a state competence that is also very limited by jurisprudence and international conventions that prioritize the rights of minors. The agreement is, therefore, more a declaration of intentions than a practical reality.

The motion has been defended by the deputy of Vox Virginia Martínez, who at first demanded the return of unaccompanied minors from Morocco and Algeria, which has been harshly criticized by the deputy of Podemos Víctor Egío, who has lamented that the returns proposed by the ultraconservatives do not seek the higher interest of the half thousand that has said reside in the autonomous community, but that it is a mere community. « Racism problem. » « Treat your acute xenophobia and leave these minors alone, » he said.

The deputy of the PP Miguel Ángel Miralles has also warned of the bias that it means to speak only of the minors from these two countries, which are 60% of those residing in Murcia, but to propose a modification to the amendment and state that the autonomous community can seek return agreements with any country from which these migrants come, since they all, they said, they « deserve to return » with their families. The deputy has recognized that the migration powers « are very clear » and it is the central government that must promote collaboration agreements to promote the return of unaccompanied minors, but has regretted that until now, the only thing that Pedro Sánchez's Executive has done is « take them off distributing them as merchandise » among the autonomous communities.

In any case, he stressed, the autonomous communities also have the legal power to establish agreements with the countries of origin of these adolescents to « procure their reintegration into their surroundings of origin », which has been « totally agreeing. » This legal capacity, as the deputy of VOX has highlighted, is collected in the Organic Law 4/2000 of Foreigners' Rights and Freedoms in Spain, popularly known as foreigner law, And he has based his speech on defending that the return of unaccompanied migrants responds thus higher interest because « family reunification in their countries is a basic human right » and an « emotional need. » « Growing institutionalized, in a foreign environment of uprooting, far from their parents, generates a feeling of abandonment, frustration, anger and loneliness, » he stressed, while facilitating his return to his countries, he said, « these risks are reduced and they are given the opportunity to build their lives in a safe and affection environment. »

The deputy of the PSOE Lola Jara has been responsible for reminding her that these minors « drag the misfortune since they are born, without access to the most basic needs, » many of them have no family, emigrate alone and moved by despair. The state law, recalled, already contemplates the return of unaccompanied minors, but « with all procedural guarantees » and after a broad and guarantee procedure that includes the location of their families and adequate care in Spain, guaranteeing their schooling and health care, among other rights. The deputy has defended that the development of immigration policies must be « planned, fair, efficient, supportive and, of course, legal. »