Overview

• The Council of Ministers approved and the BOE published a royal decree that sets mandatory quotas for each autonomous community.
• The measure prepares the transfer of more than 4,000 unaccompanied minors currently in the Canary Islands and Ceuta to the mainland and Melilla.
• Provisional allocations indicate the largest assignments to Andalusia (677), Madrid (647) and the Valencian Community (571), with no minors assigned to Catalonia or the Basque Country in the official distribution.
• The Government will provide €100 million to cover transfers and the first three months of care, after which receiving regions must assume full responsibility and costs.
• A bloc of 11 regions, mostly PP-led, has filed or announced legal challenges; Madrid and the Balearic Islands will appeal to the Supreme Court and seek a suspension, saturated regions can request a ‘contingencia migratoria,’ and transfers will begin only after logistical preparations.