Overview

• Rescue teams kept up the search on Thursday for three people missing off Portopetro after a patera that had drifted six days sank, leaving one dead and about 20 injured, with the Govern adding three boats to the operation.
• Arrivals to the islands have surged to roughly 4,700 this year with about 1,500 in the past three weeks, and most people continue by ferry to the peninsula, typically Barcelona, after initial health, legal and police processing.
• Marga Prohens said Baleares will ask courts to suspend the national decree for redistributing unaccompanied minors and will challenge it before the Supreme Court, citing an overstretched system caring for around 680 minors and claims of extreme overcapacity.
• The regional executive will take the case to Brussels in September, seeking Frontex support for the Algeria–Balearic corridor as authorities cite expanding smuggling networks and a shift away from the Canary route.
• Separately, court-ordered transfers from the Canary Islands progressed this week with nine girls flown to the mainland and seven boys scheduled next, while the Guardia Civil union accused Salvamento Marítimo of rescue delays and the government’s delegate urged cooperation.