The Canary Islands are preparing to face a new slice of migratory costs given the questions that the application of the European Migration and Asylum Pact (PEMA) raises. After the Ceuta crisis, the Spanish State has already announced two draft laws — a new Asylum Law and a reform of the Foreigners' Law — to adapt Spanish legislation to the new EU requirements.
The changes will imply new tasks for administrations in the care, identification and management of migrants and asylum seekers, with the economic impact this entails. The article highlights that these obligations represent significant costs for regional finances.
In this new scenario several questions arise: who will assume the cost of these new obligations? And who will pay for the care of unaccompanied migrant minors? The Canary Islands authorities face uncertainties about the necessary funding to comply with the new European requirements.
