In the Canary Islands, the mental health of unaccompanied minors concerns NGOs and public authorities

In the Spanish archipelago, almost 6,000 children are under the supervision of the local government. How to meet their needs due to lack of limited material and human resources? The question was at the heart on Tuesday of a dedicated day organized on the island of Gran Canaria (Grande Canaria) by Unicef Spain.

The central Government will have to explain in the Supreme Court whether it has complied with the order given to it by the judges at the end of March to take over more than a thousand asylum-seeking minors currently in charge of the child protection services of the Canary Islands.

The court understands that the central executive has failed to comply with its demands to take care of unaccompanied foreign minors on the islands and calls on a representative of the State Administration, who is to be appointed by the executive, on 29 May to report on compliance with the precautionary measures imposed by the Supreme Government 10 days ago to take care of a thousand asylum-seeking minors in the Canary Islands. The Supreme Court …

In the Spanish Canaries Archipelago, almost 6,000 children are under the supervision of the local government. On the spot and in the face of limited material and human resources, it becomes difficult to meet their needs. To find solutions to these concerns, a dedicated day has been organized on the island by UNICEF Spain. (with RFI) Since the crisis of the VOCID-19, one of the doors of entry most sought by migrants to Europe, the Canary Islands …

The Supreme Court (TS) has set a hearing for the 29th of May so that the Government details the measures taken for the distribution of some 1,000 unaccompanied migrant asylum-seekers who are in the Canary Islands after the State Administration has failed to “comply” with what was previously demanded of them. The judges of the Dispute Chamber have adopted this decision in order for the State Administration to report on compliance with the precaut…

The Canary Islands accuses Moncloa of trying to "carry out his contempt for the Supreme" with asylum seekers with "tactics of distraction that seek only to blame the PP and not to solve the humanitarian emergency of minors."More information: The Supreme forces the Government to explain in a hearing why it does not attend to a thousand migrant minors who have applied for asylum.