The institutions of the Islands are boasting about the facilities they have set up as emergency resources to accommodate the migrants who frequently arrive on the shores of Mallorca – such as the old barracks of They are allwhich already houses minors. While the Spanish government and executive branch celebrate the opening of this type of facility, Prosocial, an organization that fights to defend social rights, points out that the people arriving by boat to the Balearic Islands "are fleeing wars, persecution, and hunger," and therefore "must be offered the maximum protection." For this reason, the organization notes that during the presentation of the proposal to restrict access to Son Tous for young migrants, Vox argued that the facility would offer few amenities and would have a deterrent effect on others intending to migrate. The far-right's intentions raised alarm bells at Prosocial, which is demanding that the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS) close the center because, in its view, "Son Tous cannot be a place of isolation and marginalization; nor can the reception of minors be a form of punishment."

The initial reception center set up by the Consell de Mallorca in the former Son Tous barracks, which has been operational for two weeks, is now receiving its first unaccompanied migrant children. This was explained by the president of the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS), Guillermo Sánchez, this Wednesday at the IMAS Governing Council meeting, according to a press release from the island institution.

While the far right continues its offensive against migrants, organizations such as the Novact Institute and Irídia Center for the Defense of Human Rights denounce the conditions faced by people arriving in Mallorca by boat. For their part, institutions downplay the severity of some situations and point out that the complications arise during peak arrival times—peaks that break records and demand more adequate infrastructure to provide dignified treatment to those who undertake a long and dangerous journey in search of a better life.

If you think you're not racist, you might be wrong. To a greater or lesser degree, we all are. Some strive to be aware of their racist attitudes and eliminate them, others are completely oblivious, and some are proud racists. For your sake, I hope you're in the first group. The most problematic is the second, and it's in this category that well-intentioned and paternalistic institutions might fall, those that speak of humanitarian causes and human rights, even though their grandiloquent words don't translate into action.