Spain's Ceuta seeks transfer of unaccompanied migrant minors to mainland Spain after border rush
Authorities say 1,100 minors remain in makeshift shelters as Spain approves €25 million in aid and some regions threaten to resist relocations.
- On Wednesday, Ceuta's local leaders requested the transfer of roughly 1,100 unaccompanied minors to mainland Spain, citing overwhelmed reception facilities following a massive border surge.
- A surge of 72,000 migrants arriving across the border last week overwhelmed the enclave; about 75 people died during the rush, reviving memories of the 2015-16 migration crisis.
- The Spanish government approved €25 million in funding to support the minors, though experts warn that identification and relocation could take months despite a legal mandate requiring redistribution within 15 days.
- Leaders of four regional coalition governments run by the conservative People's Party and far-right Vox party indicated they would challenge transfer orders, with Vox's leader saying "not one euro" should support the minors.
- Political tensions echo 2024, when Vox abandoned five regional coalition governments over similar relocation policies, suggesting the current transfer plan faces significant political risks and potential legislative gridlock.
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The Spanish authorities were struggling to take care of the children who remained in that territory.
Around 1,100 minors are in the Spanish exclave following the large influx of migrants from Morocco.
They are among the 72,000 migrants who entered illegally in a few days at the end of July in Ceuta, a record figure in such a short time; they are 70,000 who have returned to Morocco, according to the Ministry of the Interior in Madrid. The Spanish authorities are struggling to take care of the children left in this territory, who cannot be expelled. Some have been beaten and assaulted during their wandering in the streets of Ceuta, says Jose Mi…
Thousands of children and adolescents are waiting in Ceuta. Alone, without parents. The girls are constantly afraid of sexual assaults. And they don't know how to go on.
Ceuta ‘not back to normal’ after Morocco border surge leaves residents shocked and unaccompanied minors homeless
Spain’s North African enclave “is not back to business as usual,” Ceuta’s Mayor-President told EU officials on Thursday (6 August), as his city struggles with the effects of a migration wave as large as the resident count of the city. The Spanish autonomous territory was shaken by a mass migration arrival from Morocco last week, with over 80,000 people counted by local authorities. Mayor Juan Jesús Vivas Lara confirmed the return of over 75,00…
More than a thousand underage Moroccans have come to Ceuta. Many of them wander through the streets. NGOs help politicians argue.
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