“There are growing pains, but this is what we need to do. I am sure we are all in agreement that the separation of the police function, defense, and border control, the administrative function, and the integration function is the unequivocal path”, highlighted Marta Temido.

The MEP candidate recalled that this was a reform from a conceptual point of view that was “praised in Europe”.

“Right now, I think that the current government is doing everything possible to empower AIMA, in order to be able to respond better. There is a government dealing with what is the need to continue this reform and we think it’s good,” she added.

In her opinion, the method of trying to speed up the process of regularising documentation for migrants “will have some success”, which leads her to believe that this is “the right direction”.

“It is clear that the situation [the migrants] are in is not ideal, we are worried about this reality, and we need to continue working. We need to accelerate, resolve and invest in this aspect of integration, specific, dedicated and more differentiated integration of the most vulnerable”, she claimed.