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In a panel discussion that I attended recently emerged discussion of the so-called "pull." We talked, of course, immigration and, specifically, the effect of attraction that can have the Basque model of social insurance. Although the controversy arose around the minors unaccompanied / as (by the way, as I write this I have sitting beside me on the bus to one of them), I would first like to talk something about adults.

Unlike those who believe that immigrants come to Euskadi to take advantage of our social insurance system and, therefore, what they want is to live the story and the Basque government support, I am of those who think that last thing they want is precisely those people having to resort to social assistance. Because I can not believe that someone who has had the courage to leave their land, sometimes risking their lives, leaving behind an immovable model for years, this dynamic, adventurous, become a parasite off the plane or small boat. There will be exceptions, as there are between our / as neighbors / as indigenous / as, but not the general rule. And it shows in the statistics, according to which most people normally have taken jobs in the past years.

But, moreover, according to data from INE, Euskadi is one of the regions with less foreigners from poor countries (including here in Eastern Europe), ie forced migrants. While that percentage is for Euskadi 5.4% of the total population, the English average increases to 10.2% and in communities such as Madrid, Catalonia and the Balearic reach values \u200b\u200baround 15%. And if you look at the minors for 16 years (Statistical reference is there in the INE) we find that in Euskadi the percentage of poor countries from the total population of that age reaches 5.5% while in the communities mentioned above 10%. It is certainly not the same as speaking of children in general that unaccompanied minors / as, and now I return to the discussion I referred to at first, but as true as it is that having to attend on health needs, school, etc. ., a foreign population, children and youth, as large as those regions that also quoted to be complicated. Take the case of linguistic integration in schools.

all this comes to mind the protests of the Basque institutions, including Ararteko-Ombudsman (body whose views did not always agree and that his apparent character of impartiality does not apply in all cases), accompanied by the citizenship , lack of solidarity from other regions when welcoming these / as children. And they are right to ask the Basque institutions applying the same criteria for acceptance in the entire State or to discredit government actions such as La Rioja who reject these / as kids / as giving even the contributions of the State to serve them, but something must be qualified if you look at all of the foreign population in these autonomous communities, including La Rioja, Euskadi twice as high as we read in terms of total population or in terms of population under 16 years. In other words, it seems that little should complain in Euskadi, one of the richest communities of less populous state and foreign, having to attend and host to hundreds of unaccompanied minors / as.

(photo taken from the association ACA)