The centre right Partido Popular party in the Council of Mallorca has announced its intention to table a motion in the next plenary session of the island’s parliament to urgently demand the support of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) to deal with the migration crisis affecting the island.
According to the party’s spokesperson in the institution, Núria Riera, the initiative stems from the ‘uncontrolled’ increase in the arrival of irregular immigrants. A situation that she considers ‘unsustainable’ and that requires ‘immediate and effective’ measures from the central government. Riera has criticised the ‘inaction’ of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government, emphasising that experts have already confirmed that the Balearics have become an established and expanding migratory route due to their proximity to Algeria and the lack of effective controls.
‘The inability of Pedro Sánchez’s government to manage this crisis is further aggravating the situation and it is essential to call for the support of the European Union to guarantee security and border control,’ the “popular” party lamented. The PP’s regional minister for the Balearics, Maria Magdalena Garcia, pointed out that the increase in arrivals to the Balearics reached record figures in 2024, with 346 boats and 5,836 migrants, according to data from the Government Delegation in the Islands. ‘We are facing a real humanitarian drama and the Sánchez government cannot continue to look the other way,’ she said.
The motion presented by the PP urges the central government to act immediately and to claim all the resources that the European Union makes available to member states for the management of migratory crises. ‘We cannot allow Mallorca to continue to be an entry point without any kind of control and for the central government to ignore the needs of our islands,’ Garcia concluded.
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, supports EU Member States and Schengen-associated countries in the management of the EU’s external borders and the fight against cross-border crime. Frontex is a centre of excellence for border control activities at the EU’s external borders, sharing intelligence and expertise with all Member States and with neighbouring non-EU countries affected by migratory trends and cross-border crime.
With the standing corps, the European Union’s first uniformed law enforcement service, Frontex has transformed into an operational arm of the EU. Hundreds of officers are taking part in operations at the external borders of the European Union and beyond. They perform a variety of tasks such as border surveillance, fighting cross-border crime, and assisting in return operations. The officers stand together with national authorities to safeguard the Schengen Area, one of Europe’s greatest achievements.
PepeSorry to keep banging on about this topic but it needs to be said. Just look at the countries of Northern Europe and the problems they are facing . North African migration is especially troubling because it involves people with a totally different mindset to that of Europeans, coupled with a religion which virtually prohibits integration into the host society. Therefore separate parallel communities build up in towns ( some call them ghettos) which, when left unchecked grow until entire areas are unrecognisable to the local people, rather they mirror the communities these people left. A slogan being increasingly heard in the UK : If you import the third world you become the third world. Compare the Ukrainians, forced to flee by war. I do not recall any cases of complaint against these people, except maybe problems housing them in some areas. They are respectful, mirror our values and above all are exceedingly grateful for the help and succour they have received. Disparity within a society has been around for time immemorial. Rich vs poor. Disparity between societies, especially when it involves a small island, is a recipe for bad things getting worse. Sanchez has enough fish to fry, he is not concerned with life on Mallorca. It is our politicians who need to tackle this problem, rather than ignoring it or else its Rotherham/Bradford here we come.
Interesting to hear Now that there need´s to be a Border Force of some sort on place not sure why for the last 8 year´s no one said a peep and if someone did they were called a NAZI , The PM seem´s to like the let the middle and Lower class´s find places for all these people , apparently in the last 2 year´s more than 60000 Algerian´s & Morrocan´s family's have settled in the Balearics that is not counting all the other´s , better start putting up the COMPLET SIGN´S .
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PepeSorry to keep banging on about this topic but it needs to be said. Just look at the countries of Northern Europe and the problems they are facing . North African migration is especially troubling because it involves people with a totally different mindset to that of Europeans, coupled with a religion which virtually prohibits integration into the host society. Therefore separate parallel communities build up in towns ( some call them ghettos) which, when left unchecked grow until entire areas are unrecognisable to the local people, rather they mirror the communities these people left. A slogan being increasingly heard in the UK : If you import the third world you become the third world. Compare the Ukrainians, forced to flee by war. I do not recall any cases of complaint against these people, except maybe problems housing them in some areas. They are respectful, mirror our values and above all are exceedingly grateful for the help and succour they have received. Disparity within a society has been around for time immemorial. Rich vs poor. Disparity between societies, especially when it involves a small island, is a recipe for bad things getting worse. Sanchez has enough fish to fry, he is not concerned with life on Mallorca. It is our politicians who need to tackle this problem, rather than ignoring it or else its Rotherham/Bradford here we come.
Interesting to hear Now that there need´s to be a Border Force of some sort on place not sure why for the last 8 year´s no one said a peep and if someone did they were called a NAZI , The PM seem´s to like the let the middle and Lower class´s find places for all these people , apparently in the last 2 year´s more than 60000 Algerian´s & Morrocan´s family's have settled in the Balearics that is not counting all the other´s , better start putting up the COMPLET SIGN´S .