The government is challenging the distribution of migrant minors, arguing that it violates "solidarity between communities."

PalmThis Friday, the Government authorized the Bar Association of the Balearic Islands to file an appeal against the distribution of migrant minors from the Canary Islands, arguing that it violates "the autonomy and solidarity between communities." Second Vice President and Minister of the Presidency, Antònia Estarellas, announced the measure and criticized the fact that the distribution is not being implemented in either Catalonia or the Basque Country.

He has also announced that the Executive will request a declaration of contingency migration status, despite the fact that the necessary number of unaccompanied foreign minors being accommodated has not yet been reached: 1,218, while there are currently around 700, according to data provided by the Executive. However, Estarellas has not clarified whether, once this limit is reached, the Islands will request that some of these minors be distributed to other parts of the State, as is the case in the Canary Islands.

First Vice President and Government Spokesperson Antoni Costa has accused the Spanish government of having granted an "ordinary reception capacity of 406 places" in the Islands with "unilaterally chosen criteria." "There are 72 places, and we currently care for 682 minors," he said. "It turns out that Pedro Sánchez's government finds this insufficient, and believes that until we reach 1,218 minors, they should do nothing." "What are you doing to prevent us from reaching the figures we have in the Canary Islands?" he asked. "We will use all the means permitted by the rule of law to defend the interests of the citizens of the Balearic Islands."

The government's appeal before the Supreme Court (TS) is directed against the royal decree that deploys and specifies the distribution of minors. It depends on a previous royal decree, which has also been appealed before the Constitutional Court (TC). As Estarellas argued, the government believes that this appeal, if applied, "would seriously affect the financial autonomy of the CAIB" because "it would jeopardize the child protection system and hinder the management of the resources allocated for this purpose."