The Diplomat
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the head of the Executive of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, agreed yesterday to strengthen and activate “all the necessary resources” to achieve the objective of returning the minors to Morocco “in the shortest possible time” and in response to the objections of the judiciary for using the agreement signed with Rabat in 2007.
In a press conference after the meeting held by both in Moncloa, the president of the autonomous city explained that they understand that it is not possible to apply the 2007 agreement and that the valid legal framework is the law on foreigners and the drawing up of individualised files, as requested by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and NGOs.
Vivas affirmed that the solution will be sought “in accordance with the interpretation of the laws made by the judges” and with Morocco. For this reason, he valued the central government’s commitment to “strengthen as many resources as necessary” to provide “all the capacities”.
However, he specified that among the possible solutions, the transfer of minors to the peninsula is not being considered, because the priority is for the minors to return to Morocco.
The Ceutí president thanked Sánchez for his collaboration, who called him yesterday to hold this meeting, after the court ruling that upheld the rejection of the return defended by both the government of the autonomous city and the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, with whom he “sees no reason to argue”. He also rejected that there are contradictions in the PP, since everyone, he said, sees this as a “question of State”.
Vivas pointed out that they will abide by the judicial resolution suspending the return within the framework of the 2007 agreement signed with Rabat, acknowledging that it was Ceuta who urged the Government Delegation to apply it, given a situation that he describes as “unsustainable” since the entry of 12,000 people in May, hence the need for “unpostponable solutions”.
