"When we think it can't get any worse, in a matter of minutes something even more surprising happens," explain Maria Nadal and Tonina Pont, players of the senior women's Primera Nacional team of Club Vòlei Manacor, caught between anger and resignation, stranded in Granada after the airline Vueling cancelled two return flights to Mallorca in less than 24 hours and provided no solution for accommodation or routes to Palma until Friday and Saturday.

In recent years, the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) has expanded its educational offerings with the introduction of new degrees. Some are also offered in a blended learning environment in Menorca and Ibiza. Despite these advantages, Menorcan and Ibizan university students who can afford to leave the island choose to enroll on the mainland. Some prioritize an emancipatory experience in a different community. Others, however, are restricted by the price of housing. Miquel Àngel Maria, a Menorcan writer and former island councilor for Culture, knows this well. In 2017, his eldest daughter, Roser, went to Catalonia to study Art History, and this year marks his youngest's third year studying Audiovisual Communication. "For the rest of the islands," he says, "the Balearic Government offers personal income tax deductions if you enroll a child at the UIB in Palma if you leave the island. This measure is very good, but it doesn't compensate for what you have to pay in rent in Mallorca. This ultimately leads many young Menorcans to choose to move to Barcelona, ​​​​which has always been our metro station."