The headquarters of Cáritas, ACCEM, Burgos Acoge and Atalaya Intercultural – the NGOs that work for the integration of immigrants – in Burgos have been vandalized with swastikas, neo-Nazi crosses and messages such as “Spaniards first”, “puto moro” or “Más Valencia and less Nigeria.”
The Local Police received a call this morning and went to the headquarters to record these graffiti. As confirmed by this body, they are looking for cameras in the area that will help identify those responsible and they will contact a cleaning company to erase the graffiti “immediately.”
From Cáritas, consulted by this newspaper, they assure that they have not yet reported the graffiti to the Local Police, although they do intend to do so. They are currently evaluating “what measures to take”, which will be communicated in due course.
The four NGOs have found themselves at the center of the political debate after Vox and PP negotiated to withdraw subsidies destined for these NGOs that help the integration of immigrants – except for Cáritas, which refused to accept them if they were going to be exclusive -, something that Finally, the PP has withdrawn from the 2025 Budgets after a massive demonstration last week.
This Tuesday Vox voted against the Budget of the Burgos City Council in the Finance Commission after the PP had returned aid to NGOs. The opinion issued by the Commission is negative, and the final vote on the Budget Project – which will include those items for ACCEM, Burgos Acoge and Atalaya Intercultural – will take place this Friday in the municipal plenary session.
The configuration of the current government team, of PP and Vox, remains up in the air awaiting Friday’s plenary session, as well as a possible question of trust that the mayor of Burgos, Cristina Ayala, should raise if her accounts do not go ahead. this week.
In the debate in the plenary session of the Cortes of Castilla y León this Wednesday, the attorney for the Mixed Group Francisco Igea has accused the Popular Party of being responsible for these graffiti for having broken the “basic consensus” and having “allowed” Vox “encourage hatred” by governing with the far-right party and refused to criticize the former regional vice president, Juan García-Gallardo while proclaiming xenophobic slogans at demonstrations. “They have brought the wolf in to take care of the sheep. It is necessary to recover basic consensus,” concluded the former vice president of Mañueco.
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