• Canary Islands.Binter will repatriate its passengers trapped in Morocco by the coronavirus
  • Live: last minute of the coronavirus

Nacho is from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , is 19 years old, and studies Business Administration and Management at the University of Salamanca . He shares a flat with two cousins, also canaries. He has a flight to return to Gran Canaria tomorrow Monday from Seville , but he will not be able to travel because "the flight has been canceled," he says.

Besides him, many canaries are trying to return to the Islands but it is being impossible for them. With the entry into force of the state of alarm, the companies have activated contingency plans that include changes in schedules and routes, as well as bonuses to use at another time.

Nacho and his roommates in Salamanca

Nacho says that a friend of his, also from the Canary Islands, tried to return to his home on Saturday but "he hung up at the airport because his flight did not depart either." Given this, he and his cousins ​​have no choice but to spend these days in the student apartment where they live. "We would like to be with the family at this time but we understand the situation. There is no other choice but to resign ourselves like everyone and take the opportunity to study."

Daniela Gómez is also from the Canary Islands and studies Law and Management and Public Administration in Seville. This 18-year-old girl had a flight on Saturday to fly to Gran Canaria but "it was canceled." He has chosen to buy two more tickets to be able to return home. "One for Tenerife and another on Thursday for Gran Canaria. Let's see if I'm lucky," he says. She lives in Seville in a student residence, and of "110 schoolgirls that we are, now we are only two, and the two of Gran Canaria". The rest of the companions have been able to return home to spend these days with the family.

He assures that it is costing him "to take the situation and on top of it away from the family. They give me shocks but my partner and I are very supportive." She hopes to be able to travel in the next few days and be at home with the family following the rules.

For the canaries who are in Morocco and want to return, the Binter company will repatriate them as of this afternoon, on three flights that the Canarian company has enabled.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more