Clavijo Urges Prosecutor’s Office to Hold State Accountable as It Appeals

SANTA
CRUZ
DE
TENERIFE,
18
Sep.
(EUROPA
PRESS)
–

The
President
of
the
Canary
Islands,
Fernando
Clavijo,
has
expressed
his
discontent
regarding
the
appeal
made
by
the
High
Prosecutor’s
Office
of
the
Autonomous
Community
against
the
protocol
established
for
the
care
of
unaccompanied
migrant
minors.
He
underscored
that
this
protocol
is
solely
designed
to
safeguard
minors
and
ensure
their
legal
protection.

During
a
press
conference,
Fernando
Clavijo
stated
that
while
the
Public
Prosecutor’s
Office
is
“very
stringent”
with
the
Canary
Islands
Government
once
the
minors
arrive
on
the
islands,
it
is
essential
that
they
are
“equally
stringent”
with
the
State
and
“not
permit,
as
has
been
the
case
for
months,
the
transfer
of
these
minors
without
adequate
assurances.”

“If
we
aim
to
overly
burden,
place
pressure
on,
and
target
only
one
of
the
three
legs
of
the
table,
ultimately
it
will
collapse
and
it
is
the
children
who
bear
the
repercussions,”
remarked
Clavijo,
who
acknowledged
that
he
would
have
preferred
“greater
promptness”
from
both
the
State
and
the
Prosecutor’s
Office
in
monitoring
the
entire
process
and
“not
merely
exerting
pressure
at
the
final
stage,”
which
falls
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
autonomous
community.