the closure of the building where it houses 178 people does not please

The government of Pedro Sánchez seems to have neglected the dozens of immigrants it is housing in a former Social Security training school in the municipality of Pozuelo de Alarcón, in Madrid. The municipal council, which denounced … that the building does not have the necessary authorization for this use, ordered its closure on September 16. The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration had two months to appeal the order and request precautionary measures from the Administrative Dispute Tribunal. The popular council, led by Paloma Tejero, firmly affirms that, 30 days after the deadline expired, it has not received any communication indicating that the Central Executive has taken action in this regard.

ABC attempted throughout the day to obtain a response from the portfolio led by Elma Saiz on numerous occasions, both by telephone and in writing, without obtaining a response. Even within the town hall of Pozolo, we are surprised by the actions of the ministry, which has always refused, at least verbally, to expel individuals and families. This summer, as this newspaper reports, there were 404 people, half of whom were Ukrainian refugees (some of whom also had minor children there) and the rest, above all, foreigners who had arrived from Africa (Maghrebis and sub-Saharan), adults.

Currently, 178 residents live at the Reception, Care and Orientation Center (Creade) in Pozuelo de Alarcón, where Elma Saiz went precisely today to participate in a conference on immigration. The mayor of Pozuelo sent a letter yesterday reminding that there is less than a month left (January 17) until the end of the moratorium she decreed in September for the evacuation of the property. He also asks him to clarify the measures he will take to legalize the situation. Time is running out.

Once this ultimatum has passed and without the ministry having appealed, the law provides that the council can send another request for a definitive period of three additional months (April 15, 2026), after which Paloma Tejero could go to court and, in addition, open an administrative disciplinary file, the maximum fine of which would amount to 3 million euros.

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