The 50 migrants living on the street in the Amara district of San Sebastian will be accommodated in Arantzazu

In view of the situation that several migrants, mostly from Mali, are experiencingin theAmara Berri district of Donostia , the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, in collaboration with the City Council of San Sebastián, has prepared a special and temporary accommodation in Arantzazu, as EITB has learned.

According to the institutions in a statement, the resource has the capacity to accommodate 50 people during the resolution of asylum applications. "The aim is to provide an urgent response to a social need through institutional coordination," explained the Basque institutions.

However, both institutions have described as "worrying" the "lack of initiative of the Spanish Government in the face of this situation." "The lack of a sufficient State reception system leaves dozens of migrants in a situation of vulnerability." "In the face of this lack of response from the Spanish Government, the Basque institutions have once againassumed responsibility for providing a temporary and urgent solution, "they have added.

The Council and the Council stress the need for the Spanish Government to "speed up procedures and put in place the necessary means to ensure a dignified reception and avoid situations of lack of protection".

Themayor of Donostia-San Sebastián, Eneko Goia , has reiterated that this is a "global problem" that does not fall within the competence of the City Council, but of the State Administration, since the overcrowding of these migrants is the result of the delay in the procedures for applying for asylum.

He warned that "trying to respond to a global problem only from the local point of view is like trying to wrap the ocean in a thimble."

The mayor has also been asked whether the Amara Berri Neighborhood Association intends to participate in the Big Week cannon "without a festive atmosphere." The neighborhood association criticized the City Council's attitude to the precarious situation of the Malians in its neighborhood and asked it to take "urgent action." "I respect, of course, how they want to participate in the cannon," Goia replied.

"It is true that they have taken on a leading role in recent months," the mayor said, praising the solidarity and support of citizens to migrants.

Goia has appreciated the work done in the face of this "exceptional situation", as well as" all the contribution they have made to the neighborhood throughout its history ".