Spain is still stuck at an impasse on the issue of unaccompanied minor migrants, an issue over which the government and the opposition continue not to find an agreement.
There is still no agreement between the Spanish government and the opposition over the distribution of, and responsibility for, sheltering migrant minors who are unaccompanied.
The issue has been a concern for months, especially for the geographic areas of Spain of first arrival for the migrants, such as the Canary Islands.
Now the main Spanish newspapers report that yet another impasse has been reached, following a meeting that took place last Wednesday (December 4), where representatives of the central executive of the center-left goverment and local administrations touched by the issue --among them the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla-- and the center-right Popular Party met.
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Amendment to law on redistribution of minors fails to pass
The meeting had been called to try to unblock the main issue of debate, and over the last few days, the expectations that it could lead to a positive result had been growing.
A proposal to amend the migration laws, making it binding to allow for the redistribution of migrant minors across all regions failed to pass.
Until now, most of the migrant minors have been primarily concentrated on the Canary Islands, which currently hosts around 5,400 of them. The regional government there has long complained that it has limited capacity to shelter them and has called for an urgent redistribution, so that they can be adequately housed in other areas of Spain.
Despite the hopes however, the meeting ended without any steps forward.
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Threats from Vox conditions the Popular Party
Many observers believe that threats from the ultra-conservative Vox party are conditioning the responses from the more center-right Popular Party.
Vox has threatened to vote against regional budgets in areas where the PP governs, should the PP reach an agreement on migration with the central government. This position, despite official denials, seems to be conditioning the PP's current resonse, to the point of bringing its central leadership to not respond to the calls of its local administrations which, in the areas most affected by migrant arrivals, call for urgent solutions on this topic in agreement with the state.