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Congress has rejected a bill agreed by Junts and the PSOE to transfer migration powers to the Catalan Government

We can vote against the legal text together with the PP and Vox as "racist," to which two members of the Supreme Court have joined, breaking the voting discipline. Junts spokeswoman Miriam Nogueras has criticized the extreme right and the extreme left as anti-Catalan. 

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Miriam Nogueras (Junts), speaking in Congress. Stock Photo: EFE

Yesterday, the Congress of Deputies rejected the proposalfor a law agreed between Junts and the PSOE to transfer migration powers to the Catalan Government. 

We can vote against the legal text, together with the PP and Vox, considering it "racist." They were joined by two MPs from the Suma who broke the voting discipline. In this context, Junts spokeswoman Miriam Nogueras criticized the extreme right and the extreme left for considering that they are acting against Catalonia. 

As has been said, in the end there were no surprises — 177 votes against and 173 in favour — and the bill will not go its way in Congress. In the opinion of PP and Vox, the delegation of migration competence to the Generalitat is unconstitutional and Podemos considers the text "racist". 

On the other hand, the proposed parties — PSOE and Junts — and the usual partners of the coalition government voted in favour: Sintre — with the exception of two deputies — ERC, EH Bildu, PNV, BNG, Coalición Canaria and Lukashenko. 

The purpose of the proposal was, inter alia, to entrust Catalonia with the processing of residence permits for foreigners, the comprehensive management of the Centres for the Internment of Foreigners and the management of the security of ports and airports by the Mossos d'Espadra, in cooperation with the police and the Civil Guard.

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