At least 12 autonomous communities have certified the government the number of unaccompanied migrant minors who have a reception. In this sense, several They have resorted or the cast is considered before the Constitutional Court. As can be seen from Royal Decree-Law approved by the Executive in the Council of Ministers on March 18, this Monday is the last day for autonomies to contribute the number of migrant children and adolescents requested by the Ministry of Youth and Children.
This data will be key to know the number of minors that will be distributed, Fruit of the agreement between Junts and Government to reform article 35 of the Foreigner Law. In this sense, Castilla y León, the Canary Islands, Asturias, Castilla-La Mancha, Andalucía, Euskadi, La Rioja, Murcia, Galicia, Extremadura, Cantabria and the Balearic Islands would have already communicated to the Executive the number of minors that each one has in reception.
In the case of the first of them, the Vice President and Family Counselor and Equal Opportunities of the Junta de Castilla y León, Isabel Blanco, has indicated that “right now” there are 178 minors unaccompanied migrants in the community. In addition, he added that, in total, he attended last year to 275 “staggered.”
Meanwhile, the government spokesman of Canary IslandsAlfonso Cabello, has reported that the archipelago has sent the State that currently attends to 5,485 unaccompanied migrants Not counting those who are close to fulfilling the age of majority, those who have open family regrouping files or those who have procedures to normalize their situation.
For its part, the Ministry of Social Rights of the Asturian Government has informed the department that Sira Rego directs that EL Principality serves 99 unaccompanied migrants. According to sources from the Asturian government, the number of reception places for children and adolescents, migrants or not, amounts to 423. Of them, 89 are for migrant minors and are all occupied. In addition, there are another 10 migrant minors welcomed in other programs in Asturias.
From Castilla-La Mancha they have assured that in 2024 the community protection system attended 173 unaccompanied migrants, of which they are currently 139 in protection resources and of autonomy of the region.
Likewise, the Ministry of Social Inclusion of the Junta de Andalucía has informed the Executive that last year served 2,615 unaccompanied migrants. Likewise, the Andalusian Government has specified that the community Account for “the entire minor protection system” with 6,092 places (2,968 in residential foster care and 3,124 in family care), “whether foreigners or not.”
Euskadi has informed the government that, as of March 31, it serves a total of 859 unaccompanied migrants. In addition, the effective occupation of the number of reception places of minors, foreigners or not, rises to 1,939.
Meanwhile, La Rioja has reported that, in these first three months of the year 2025, she has attended 18 unaccompanied foreign minors without relatives in Spainof which 15 continue to occupy a residential square. Regarding the occupation of the places, he pointed out that the 82 of ordinary resources are 100%, as well as those of the Immediate Care Center. Meanwhile, those of the minor center from 0 to 6 are 98%.
The Region of Murcia has indicated that it attended in 2024 to 741 minors unaccompanied foreigners and who currently have 619 occupied places, both foreigners and non -foreigners.
On the part of Galicia, the Xunta has reported that it serves a total of 273 migrant minors Not accompanied in residential places, a figure that places the occupation of the centers by 108%.
PP autonomies threaten to resort
On the other hand, most communities governed by the PP have been willing to resort to the distribution of government migrant minors. Aragon advanced last week that had presented a Contentious-administrative appeal against the requirement of the Ministry of Children and Youth. Along the same lines, Madrid has advanced that “in the next few hours” it will resort to it, Extremadura, Cantabria, Andalucía and the Balearic Islands are valuing it and Castilla y León instructed the legal services of the region to resort to.
Thus, the Minister of Presidency, Justice and Local Administration of the Community of Madrid, Miguel Ángel García Martín, said Monday that the regional government will file “in the next few hours” the appeal before the Constitutional Court for the distribution of unaccompanied minorsconsidering that competences that are regional are invaded. In addition, on Friday he pointed out that the community has served more 10,000 children not accompanied since 2019, almost 2,500 in 2024.
The Board of Extremadura has transferred to the Government that during the past year welcomed 126 unaccompanied migrants, and that Its current effective occupation is in 111.25% of the places. As for whether the community has decided to resort to the Constitutional Court, the distribution, the General Secretary of Equality and Conciliation of the Community, Ara Sánchez, has said that this is “an issue that is being valued right now.”
In the case of Cantabria, The community has 220 reception places for minors, of which 36 are destined to serve unaccompanied foreign minors. Currently, of the latter there are 22, with what would have 14 free, although the Ministry has specified that they are “extremely volatile” data that vary frequently. In addition, the Minister of Social Inclusion of the Community, Begoña Gómez del Río, has indicated that he will activate “the legal defense mechanisms” in front of the Royal Decree-Law of the Government because it considers it “unconstitutional.”
Balearic Islands has also sent the executive its reception data. Specifically, currently attends to 573 unaccompanied migrants and its occupation of resources is 1,023% of its capacity. The Autonomous Community law is studying the possibility of presenting a judicial appeal against the cast.
The national spokesman of the PP, Borja Sémper, said Monday that The autonomous communities of the PP will “comply with the law”, After being asked if these autonomies will offer data on the squares and figures of unaccompanied migrant minors as required by the decree of the Government of Pedro Sánchez.
He also pointed out that all of them “will also comply with the interests and rights of citizens who serve and also claim that their autonomous communities, in any case, have the sufficient resources to attend their unaccompanied minors in a humanitarian way“. He also added that they will do it” within the fulfillment of the law of course. “
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