11,000 SPANIARDS HAVE ALREADY RETURNED: OTHER 5,000, WAITING
The The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassies and Consulates have collaborated the return of 11,000 Spaniards since the restrictions for the coronavirus began and are preparing the device for another 5,000 to return. before the weekend, the minister has informed, Arancha González Laya, at a press conference at the Moncloa Palace.
All in all, asked if the Government can ensure the return of all, the head of diplomacy has indicated that the task of Foreign Affairs is to give everyone “an answer” and that, although they hope “Being able to accompany everyone on their return to Spain must be aware that there are places that are difficult to access or countries that have closed borders.”
In those cases, he said, they seek “solutions”, as has happened in India, where the Cervantes Institute in New Delhi has been “converted so that it can welcome citizens who do not have the possibility of staying in a hotel.”
As he has said, in India there are about 400 Spanish They are in constant contact with consular services and a part of them had to return, but now they are waiting for the plane to leave India. “As it happened in Ecuador and Peru, in dialogue with governments we try to restore service,” he said.
The General Director of Consular Affairs, Juan Duarte, has specified that 11 flights are planned in the coming days, especially from Latin America.
From this region, you have mentioned one from Bogotá, two from Peru, two others from Ecuador and the same from Argentina, another one from the Dominican Republic and another from Uruguay.
Further, the Government will charter a plane, to be financed in part by the EU under the European Civil Protection Mechanism, to repatriate 400 Spaniards and Europeans from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, because from there there are no “commercial solutions”, which are the ones that are prioritized for the moment. “It seems to us the most responsible at the moment,” he said.
According to Duarte, the Government is also focusing on trying to return those who are in the Southeast Asian “in dialogue with the airlines”.
It is also a Peru priority, where there are more than 1,100 Spaniards and has indicated that an Iberia flight has just taken off and another two are planned.
As to Mexico, has pointed out that there are still commercial connections and has advised residents to carefully follow the health recommendations, “either the Mexican or the Spanish.”
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