The The Government has denounced the Vox electoral poster to the Prosecutor’s Office on migrant minors considering that they display a “absolute criminalization of children who migrate alone” and it represents a racist attack against this vulnerable group that may constitute a hate crime.
The Ministers of Equality and Social Rights and Agenda 2030, Irene Montero and Ione Belarra, respectively, announced this Wednesday at a press conference that the Executive has informed the Prosecutor’s Office of these facts, which constitute “a direct attack” on democracy.
“The hatred, xenophobia, intolerance and racism have no place. It is the obligation of the State to protect the dignity and guarantee the human rights of all people in our country. In the face of racist and xenophobic discourse, we have an obligation to act (…). Here they have a government willing to defend all rights to the end, “Montero asserted.
Belarra has stressed that, in the face of these “very serious facts”, the Government wants to show a “absolute forcefulness” and “send a very clear message to the public” that it is next to the boys and girls, wherever they come from.
In this regard, the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has also spoken in statements to journalists in Congress, who has asked that this “disgusting” poster be removed “as soon as possible.” “Neither Spain nor the citizens of this country deserve that there can be these messages of hatred, of confrontation, and of course I hope that they are removed as soon as possible,” said Robles, who has accused Vox of being “outside the minimum standards of any democracy “.
At the press conference, the Minister of Social Rights indicated that children’s rights are consensuses that “cost a lot to build and that represent the best of our democratic history “, a consensus that must be defended because – he said – the” threat of fascism “exists again.” These messages have no democratic place in Spanish society, which is welcoming and respects the human rights, “he added.
“This is a an attack that is not only racist, but is also an attack on the most vulnerable children of our country, which are the boys and girls who migrate alone, who migrate without their family, who many times in the migratory transit have suffered terrible violence and that when they arrive here many times they are welcomed in conditions that do not always fulfill all the guarantees, I also have to say it as the competent minister in the matter, “Belarra explained.
For her part, the Equality minister has stressed that hate crimes for ethnic or racial reasons have risen by 21% in recent times and has expressed her concern that hateful and racist speeches may spread in society.
Montero recalled that the migrant and racialized population that suffers hate crimes or racist or xenophobic attacks You can report them on the phone 900 203 041. “Let them know that as a State we have the obligation to protect and guarantee each and every one of their rights, to guarantee their dignity,” he stressed.
In the electoral poster of the formation of Santiago Abascal, displayed in the Cercanías facilities of Puerta del Sol, you can see an old woman and a child of migrant origin and it reads: “An ore 4,700 euros per month, your grandmother 426 euros of pension / month”, together with the Vox slogan “Protect Madrid, vote safe.”
Vice President Carmen Calvo has said in Congress that the Vox campaign is an example of “inhumanity and hatred”: “What you have done with those posters, pointing out some children, minors, who come to our country in some cases that I know well in terrible situations, without family, having been the object of very serious crimes in the transits they make, is called inhumanity, hatred. “
The Madrid Provincial Prosecutor’s Office announced on Tuesday that it will investigate the cartel on its own for an alleged hate crime, Más Madrid has already denounced it and Unidos Podemos confirmed that it will report it to the Electoral Board.
The Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination is also preparing a lawsuit against Vox for inciting hatred with “racist electoral propaganda against migrant children.”
Renfe has assured that it will request the immediate withdrawal of the campaign if any of the competent bodies, such as the corresponding Electoral Board or the competent judicial authority, determine that it is contrary to the law or commits a crime.
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