Migration
Euskadi and the Canary Islands apply for temporary work permits for migrants
The President of the Canary Islands Government has stated that the situation of unaccompanied migrant minors remains "quite entrenched" and has advocated territorial cooperation.
Euskadi and Iparralde sign a partnership agreement on migrants in transit
The new agreement has been signed at the Ajuria Enea Palace in Vitoria-Gasteiz by lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, and the president of the Basque College of Urbanism, Jean-René Etchegaray, and the mayor of Baiona, who have reaffirmed their willingness to "build a common vision of how to face political, economic, social and environmental challenges together."
The PSE-EE has joined EH Bildu and Suma in calling for "institutional consensus" for the Arana Harer Center
The three left-wing parties will take advantage of their majority in the Chamber of Vitoria-Gasteiz to push through the agreed text on the reception centre, in which they will ask the Spanish Government to initiate a "constructive dialogue" on the subject. In a short time, it will be the second time that PNV and PSE-EE have disagreed: at the beginning of October, the Socialists did not support the PNV proposal to shield the Basque Country.
Mauritania: the gateway to Europe for migrants by sea
Of the 30,000 migrants who arrived in Europe by sea last year, 16,000, more than half, left Mauritania, 6,400 from Morocco and 6,400 from Senegal. This year the number has decreased considerably. The police presence has increased in recent months following the signing of agreements with the Spanish and European governments to contain migration.
The reality of the population living in Mauritania: more than half, in poverty
This country, located in north-west Africa, has a population of approximately 4.4 million. EITB will offer a number of reports from Mauritania with the aim of showing the situation there, the reality of irregular migration and the projects to deal with it.
Boring also sees "a problem" with the use of white weapons in some "cultures"
The mayor of Bilbao has admitted that security is "the greatest concern" of his team and has called for "joint work." He has stressed that the prosecution and the judges also have "a lot to say" to avoid a "sense of impunity."
Feijóo has defended a new point visa to "prioritize the entry of those who know our culture better."
The president of PP in Murcia has been informed of his party's road map on migration with the main idea of creating a kind of point card.
United Kingdom creates digital identity card to stop illegal immigration
At present, the country does not have a national identity document, and citizens are identified with their passports, driving licences or other supporting documents. To work or rent housing, it will be mandatory to display it in order to prevent illegal immigration.
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.
The Spanish Government is considering the "feasibility" of the proposal to reduce the capacity of the Vitoria-Gasteiz refugee centre
The government delegate in the Basque Country "agrees" and "understands" the request of the mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Maider Etxebarria, to reduce the places of this resource from 350 to 200.
Gizon bat atxilotu dute Hernanin, urtebetean laugarren aldiz, pertsonen legez kanpoko trafikoa egotzita
25 urteko atxilotuak gidatzen zuen furgonetan bost pertsona gehiago zihoazen, modu irregularrean. Gainera, gidariak ez zuen gidabaimenik.
Pradales and Illa have studied migration management and the official status of Basque, Catalan and Galician
Both have reaffirmed at today's meeting their commitment to the three languages mentioned 'be heard and used in Brussels' and have stressed that they will continue to work together in the European institutions' until their officiality becomes a reality '.
Vox: "The transfer of unemployment benefit management will be the best excuse for creating a new chiringuito."
Vox's MP, Amaia Martinez , has opened the afternoon session of the General Policy Plenary, where she has repeatedly addressed the issue of migration and said that she has produced "very worrying results" on the first year of the Pradales Government.
Andueza: "The mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz has asked for a reflection on the center and we will have news in the coming weeks."
With regard to the refugee centre planned by the Spanish Government in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the PSE-EE Secretary General has called on the other parties to avoid "demagoguery" on this issue. In his view, "they seem nervous that the PP and the far-right can make a profit."
More than 110,000 people in London, in a march called by the extreme right against immigration
More than 110,000 people took part this Saturday in a demonstration in London under the slogan "Let's Unite the Kingdom" calledby extreme right-wing activist Tomy Robinson against illegal immigration.
Tommy Robinson has proclaimed from the stage at the end of the demonstration that "the United Kingdom has finally awakened. Patriotism is the future, borders are the future."
The PNV has denounced that the macrocentre for immigrants in Vitoria-Gasteiz "clashes with the Basque reception model"
The leader of the Alavese jeltzales, Jone Berriozabal, believes that the Spanish Government has taken to Vitoria-Gasteiz "an undesirable model for other places", so she has asked him to withdraw and abandon the works.
The lehendakari has stressed that the Basque Country and the Canary Islands have the opportunity to strengthen cooperation
The President, Imanol Pradales, has stressed the need to "deepen policy based on dialogue, negotiation and agreements" during his working trip to the Canary Islands. In this regard, he has said that there is an "opportunity to take a leap" in science, in the sustainable blue economy or in migration.
135 people live in an abandoned factory in the Donostiarra district of Herrera
They are all men, foreigners and adults. Concerned about the state of the building, the Herripe neighborhood association asked the City Council to carry out an inspection.
Gasteizko errefuxiatuen zentroko plazak 200era murriztea ez dela nahikoa adierazi du Melgosak
Nerea Melgosa Eusko Jaurlaritzako Ongizate, Gazteria eta Erronka Demografikoko sailburuaren ustez, Espainiako Gobernuak Gasteizerako proiektatutako errefuxiatuak hartzeko zentroaren edukiera 350 plazatik 200era murriztea "ez da nahikoa", eta "harrerako euskal ereduaren" aldeko apustua berretsi du.
President Pradales has met with members of the Open Arms
During the visit of the President and Counsellor Nerea Melgosa to the Open Arms, Imanol Pradales wanted to support the work of the NGO in the Canary Islands.