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Spain Prepares to Relocate 4,400 Migrant Minors Despite Regional Opposition

The government guarantees summer transfers under a new decree, as PP-led regions challenge the plan in court and dispute its legality.

AMP.CEAR, disponible a hacer adaptaciones en sus centros para acoger menores migrantes solicitantes de asilo de Canarias
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Overview

  • An extraordinary Sectoral Conference is set for today to finalize criteria for redistributing unaccompanied migrant minors from overloaded regions like the Canary Islands and Ceuta.
  • The central government plans to relocate 4,400 minors starting this summer, using a formula based on population, income, unemployment, and other socio-demographic factors.
  • Several PP-governed regions, including Madrid, Aragón, and Murcia, oppose the plan, calling it unconstitutional and filing legal challenges against the decree and today's meeting.
  • Minister Sira Rego has confirmed that the government will proceed with transfers even if unanimity is not reached at the conference, as allowed under the decree's provisions.
  • Incomplete or unreliable data submissions from some regions have forced the government to rely on its own estimates to determine quotas and capacity.