Overview

• The Spanish Supreme Court ruled that the mass deportation of minors from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta to Morocco in 2021 was illegal.
• The deportation occurred amid a diplomatic dispute between Madrid and Rabat over Western Sahara.
• Approximately 700 minors were deported to Morocco, despite Spanish law requiring the government to take administrative steps for each minor it deports.
• The court ruled that the deportation violated the 'physical and moral integrity' of the migrants and breached the European Human Rights Convention.
• Spain's Interior Ministry defended the 2021 deportation of youths and denied that it breached international law.