Overview

• Spain’s government has 946 unaccompanied migrant minors awaiting relocation and approved €40 million to create 1,200 reception places under the July 22 Real Decreto
• The decree obliges all autonomous communities to begin transfers on August 28 and requires newly registered minors to be reallocated within 15 days and emergency placements within one year
• The Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office and security forces are empowered to enforce transfers and impose sanctions on regions that do not comply
• Partido Popular-led communities and Castilla-La Mancha have appealed the decree to the Constitutional Court, challenging its legal basis and planning details
• Catalonia and the Basque Country remain exempt from the mandatory reception scheme, fueling disputes over national solidarity and capacity