Junqueras warns Sánchez that "Catalonia cannot host infinitely"

BarcelonaMore pressure on the Spanish government from its investiture allies. ERC leader Oriol Junqueras has asked the state president, Pedro Sánchez, to be "quick and efficient" to "resolve" the migratory crisis in Ceuta. In an interview with Catalunya Ràdio, he warned that "neither Catalonia nor anyone can host infinitely," regarding the underage migrants who have arrived at the Spanish enclave in North Africa. "A month has passed and they haven't resolved it," lamented the Esquerra leader, who demanded that the Spanish government assume its responsibilities and not opt for "deriving them".

The Republican has emphasized Catalonia's willingness to help, although there are "limits," such as the executive fulfilling its obligations and "monitoring the borders." In this way, he reiterated that the Principality's reception capacity cannot be "unlimited," in a narrative that clashes with that of the President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, who showed himself willing to host underage migrants. Specifically, Illa promised this Friday that Catalonia would act "with solidarity, responsibility, and rigor" in the face of the crisis in Ceuta and the need for reception, and defended the "reception capacity" of immigrants due to the "humanitarian crisis." Despite the Generalitat's outstretched hand, the Principality, a priori, should not host more unaccompanied minors because the ratio is much higher than that of most autonomies.

Junqueras's discourse aligns with that of Junts, which asked from the beginning that Catalonia could not host any more foreign minors. The Junts leader in Madrid, Miriam Nogueras, even warned Sánchez that if Catalonia hosted any more migrants, the Junts group in Congress would vote against all initiatives in the Spanish lower house.