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Spain Finalizes Emergency Orders to Transfer First 10 Asylum-Recognized Minors to Mainland

Emergency transfer orders for ten asylum-recognized minors were finalized at the eleventh hour to comply with Supreme Court relocation rulings.

Overview

  • It took 138 days to formalize transfers from the March court order due to administrative hurdles.
  • The first group comprises ten asylum-recognized youths, all over 16 and largely from Mali.
  • Transfers were jeopardized by missing travel orders and unspecified flight details in the documents delivered to Canary authorities.
  • Authorities must now name at least two educators per flight and secure plane tickets to confirm the Monday departure.
  • Canary Islands' reception centers operate at four times capacity, prompting a decree to relocate nearly 4,000 minors across 14 autonomous communities on state funding.