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  • Situation on board. Several migrants from the Open Arms jump into the water: "Despair has limits"

After the offer of the president of the government of Spain , Pedro Sánchez, for the Open Arms to disembark in Algeciras , the mayor of the city, José Ignacio Landaluce (PP), values ​​a fact that replicates what happened a year ago, in another humanitarian crisis of similar characteristics.

The government offered the port of Algeciras to the Open Arms once again. So is. And first of all, I would like to say that Pedro Sánchez cannot govern by a tweet. Because he has not even called this mayor to inform him that he was going to offer the port for the landing of the more than 100 immigrants rescued by the Open Arms. In the second instance, it is surprising because there are ports closer to the current point where the Spanish ship is located. Here 109 nationalities live together, so we know what we are talking about, and they do it perfectly, but we cannot allow that balance to be broken in coexistence. In social networks, there are neighbors who show themselves in favor and others against receiving the ship with a graph "it is already well" What should be clear is that Algeciras, as it has been shown on many occasions, is a solidary and hospitable city. Here they arrive, daily in patera, the same immigrants who come in the Open Arms. We have one every day. But that seems to be disregarded. Now the government offers our port again, does not provide any information in this regard and all this in the face of a humanitarian crisis like the one we were living in. It said that the Government was not notified. If they had done it, what would you have said? It is very close to here, in Doñana. You just have to fly by helicopter and in twenty minutes you are here. I ask you to meet with this humble mayor and if you want to greet the immigrants, I will accompany you - here we know what it is to work with them daily. But I also ask you to take into account the numerous problems that affect the city and the region. I mean the infrastructure, Brexit and other needs we have in our environment. Will you have to propose some special measures for the reception of the boat in Algeciras? Look, we did it a year ago even though the government did not provide any kind resource But I insist that we do not know anything definitive, if they will arrive at the port of Algeciras, Crinavis (San Roque), as happened last December [then, with 300 immigrants], or if from the ship they will maintain the rejection to come here. We can not keep an eye on twitter, we must have an institutional respect, so I ask the president to come to Algeciras to talk about immigration and other problems in the area.

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