Overview

• Vueling Airlines and Spain’s Civil Guard say crews had no knowledge of passengers’ religious affiliation and removed 44 minors and eight adults solely over safety breaches during the mandatory demonstration.
• The Federation for Jewish Communities of Spain has demanded that Vueling provide documentary evidence clarifying whether any religious discrimination took place.
• A 21-year-old camp supervisor was handcuffed and faces ongoing legal questioning after protesting the group’s removal.
• The minors and their counselors remain at Valencia’s Manises Airport and are arranging new flights back to France.
• Israel’s diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism minister and some Israeli media outlets argue the removal targeted Jewish children, citing reports of Hebrew singing onboard.