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The Ombudsman (in office), Francisco Fernández Marugán, has appeared this Tuesday in the Senate Palace to present the actions taken by the Institution he heads on the arrival of migrants to the Canary Islands in 2020 and in the first months of 2021. Last March, the Ombudsman published a monographic report on migration in the […]

The Ombudsman Francisco Fernández Marugán has recommended the Ministry of Internal Affairs to regulate in “an exhaustive and detailed way” the use of electroshock weapons (taser guns). Fernandez Marugán claims for a state regulation that sets some guidelines for all police bodies to have common criteria for their use. The Institution, through the inspection visits […]

Last Tuesday 6th of April marked 40 years since the resolution of the Organic Law 3/1981 which regulates and establishes the figure of the Spanish Ombudsman. All over this four decades of history, the Institution has processed 999.358 complaints, has formulated 25376 resolutions to the Administrations, and has also brought 31 appeals of unconstitutionality, as […]

–  Experts at the institution have overseen operations at over twenty reception, detention and hosting facilities for foreign nationals on the Canary Islands – The main deficiencies identified include a lack of suitable facilities and an absence of swift and efficient identification protocols for referring vulnerable individuals – Having once again detected collective reading of […]