Spain to Open Shelters in Ceuta for Migrants and Transfer 500 Girls to Mainland
- The National Police identified 2,168 minors in Ceuta by Tuesday, August 18, while the Ministry for Youth and Children works to transfer 500 migrant girls to mainland Spain following the July 30-31 influx.
- Elma Saiz, Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, insisted on the need to "protect the best interests of the child," stressing that "these are girls who are on their own."
- The Social Security minister allocated €25 million to help Ceuta, while Ministry sources explain a royal decree-law provides for "compulsory, solidarity-based reception" to accelerate transfers.
- European Commission spokesperson Markus Lammert stressed on Tuesday that the priority is to "guarantee the swift return of all those who remain irregularly in Ceuta," citing "the Return Directive."
- Morocco last week asked Spain to return citizens remaining in the enclave, though several autonomous communities stated they will not accept minors, prompting the Ministry to criticise a lack of "Solidarity.
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There are still 9,000 migrants in Ceuta, and from the hard-pressed exclave, there are only two options: Either they are sailed to Europe or thrown back to Morocco. Both are explosive, as the case of 500 underage girls shows.
Most of the migrants who came from Morocco to the Spanish exclave Ceuta have returned, and the remaining migrants are now transferred to shelters, and minors are brought to the Spanish mainland. This is too little and is too late, says Franka Welz.
The spokesperson of the European Commission for Home Affairs opposes Spain's decision to welcome 500 teenage girls from Ceuta on its soil.
Spain to care for lone migrant children, as EU Commission joins far-right calls to send them back
Spain has agreed to temporarily transfer 500 vulnerable minors to its mainland from Ceuta, three days after the EU Commission joined rightwing Spanish politicians in calls for all migrants there to be sent back to Morocco. The fate of migrant children sleeping on Ceuta’s streets in their thousands has been the subject of polarising debate in Madrid: One one hand, Spanish law mandates automatic state protection of unaccompanied minors, but on th…
The government would like to welcome them but the center-right opposition insists that they be repatriated (even if it is illegal)
Spain to open shelters in Ceuta for migrants and transfer 500 girls to mainland
Spain will open temporary shelters for up to 1,800 migrants in Ceuta, its enclave in Morocco, as authorities tackle the humanitarian crisis resulting from tens of thousands of people attempting to enter…
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