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Spain Delays Mainland Transfers of Canary Islands’ Unaccompanied Minors to Year-End

Administrative bottlenecks and a tug-of-war between Madrid and regional governments have left the relocation system largely frozen.

Ángel Víctor Torres con Elma Saiz en el Congreso
El ministro de Política Territorial, Ángel Víctor Torres

Overview

  • The Canary Islands government filed a fresh complaint to the Supreme Court accusing the state of failing to execute court‑ordered transfers, citing only 113 of 587 promised departures in the past 84 days.
  • Government and Canary Islands sources now expect the nationwide redistribution of more than 3,000 minors to begin late in 2025, missing the previously announced August 28 start.
  • Spain’s delegate in the islands blamed PP‑led regions for delaying notifications and submitting objections, a charge rejected by those regions and by the Canary executive, with several sources pointing to paralysis in the Ministry of Territorial Policy.
  • The new decree’s two channels, including 15‑day transfers for recent arrivals, have not produced regular relocations as child‑protection paperwork, interviews and formal notifications slow the process.
  • Migration officials have spoken of about 500 placements in October for asylum‑seeking minors, yet recent activity amounts to small flights and a plan to move 15 of 37 adolescents this weekend.