The Balearic Islands demand from the Supreme Court the precautionary suspension of the extraordinary regularization of migrants

PalmaThe Government will request the Supreme Court to provisionally suspend the extraordinary regularization process for migrants until the contentious-administrative appeal it will file is resolved, as announced by the Executive's spokesperson, Antoni Costa, and disseminated by Europa Press. The Governing Council authorized the Community's Advocacy to initiate judicial proceedings this Friday. The Government argues that the measure was approved without the consensus of the autonomous communities, parliamentary debate, or assessment of the budgetary impact to foresee the social, economic, and administrative consequences.

Costa assured that the regularization will have a significant economic impact on public services in the Balearic Islands, but did not provide specific data to support this claim. "We will not venture to do so because not even the [Spanish] government provides any figures in this regard, and we will not make announcements of specific figures. However, I can say that the expected impact is very significant. We have estimates, but they will be revealed in due course," he said.

One of the issues that Costa has reproached the Spanish government for is not financially compensating the autonomous communities for having to assume certain functions within the framework of the extraordinary regularization process. "The feeling is that Pedro Sánchez invites and the rest pay," added the also vice-president and Minister of Economy, Finance and Innovation of the Government. He also criticized the lack of "reliable data and clear estimates" on the number of people who could benefit from regularization, and lamented that the forecasts are "approximate and indicative".

According to the Government, the measure could have a "direct impact" on health, education, and social services, as well as on resources for minors. Costa has reiterated that the extraordinary regularization may cause a "pull effect", even though social entities have denied this possibility. The vice-president repeated that the measure "goes against the trend of most European countries, which are strengthening border control policies, management of migratory flows, and effective integration".

Regarding the fact that the Supreme Court has already dismissed appeals similar to the one being filed by the Balearic Islands, Costa limited himself to defending that the State Attorney's Office will present "legal arguments". "The State Attorney's Office does not receive political orders. It will file the appeal based on legal arguments, which exist and we believe are valid. We have every right to file ours, regardless of what has happened with other appeals," he stressed. The spokesperson argued that the Government's objective is "to defend the interests of the citizens of the Balearic Islands". "From here, the courts will decide," he added.

Regarding the support that business associations have given to the extraordinary regularization process, Costa rejected "interpreting whether or not what other groups are doing is wrong". "Each group is free to express its opinion. But we maintain our position. The transformation of the Balearic Islands' growth model is an aspiration we have had for a long time, and it is evident that a direct correlation can be established between growth in volume and the need for labor," he stated.