| In the last few hours, 14 boats have arrived with a total of 173 immigrants and this Tuesday morning have detected another six in the vicinity of the coasts of the Region | The number of irregular immigrants who have arrived in the Region since last September 16 exceeds 300, of which a dozen have tested positive for covid-19 The regional government warned today about the massive arrival of boats to the coasts of the region and demanded that the central government act at the diplomatic and border control and protection level to stop this "unacceptable" avalanche.
This complaint comes after up to 14 boats, with a total of 173 irregular immigrants on board, have reached the coasts of the Region in the last hours. With these 173, the number of migrants who have arrived in the Region since last September 16 rises to 303, of which a dozen have tested positive for the coronavirus. Those ten positive cases have been transferred to the Santa Lucía Hospital to receive health care, while another 176 remain isolated in the El Cenajo Hotel facilities for quarantine after having remained in contact with them. The Minister of the Presidency and Finance, Javier Celdrán, demanded that the Government Delegation and the Ministry of the Interior "stop looking the other way and assume their competences in immigration matters once and for all." "We have been witnessing the massive arrival of boats since the summer without seeing a clear response from the Delegation or the Ministry.
From the regional government and from the Cartagena City Council we have offered to collaborate on numerous occasions and we have tried to create a bridge to jointly address an already worrying situation that is aggravated by the health crisis that we are going through, but the only thing we have obtained has been evasion by an overwhelmed government delegate who, despite the fact that even a court has told him it has the obligation to act, it continues trying to evade its responsibility and its powers, "denounced the head of the Presidency and Finance. Numerous letters have also been sent from the regional government to the Ministry of the Interior to warn of the seriousness of the problem and request their collaboration and a greater endowment of human and material resources both in border control and in the custody and custody of immigrants.
that must be quarantined. "The minister has also decided to put himself in profile and has replied to the regional government that the Security Forces and Bodies can do nothing to prevent the escape of immigrants in quarantine, something of extreme gravity and irresponsibility that can generate a health problem for regional, national and even European level, since most of the immigrants who arrive on our shores then move to other countries such as France to meet with their families, "said the counselor.
