Overview
- A government draft decree raises Spain’s ordinary reception capacity for unaccompanied migrant children by 1,065 to 17,081 and updates each region’s share, with Galicia set at 940 places and Castilla y León at 833.
- The Sectorial Conference on Childhood could not meet after most PP-led regions refused to attend, and the minister said the decree would still head to the Council of Ministers soon.
- PP-governed communities argue the ministry added a new agenda item without prior talks, which they say made the meeting call illegal.
- The draft uses a population-based formula with 31 December 2025 data to assign capacities and keeps contingency measures in force while any regional system runs at more than triple its ordinary capacity.
- Castilla y León said it will appeal any central decision it believes harms the region while stating it will follow the law, pointing to likely court challenges that could shape how and when regions expand care for these children.