The Balearic Islands receive two million euros from the Spanish government for the first time to care for migrant minors.
The objective is to sustain the reception system
PalmThe Spanish government approved at the Council of Ministers meeting this Tuesday the allocation of two million euros to the Balearic Islands in 2025 to guarantee the sustainability of its reception system for unaccompanied migrant minors. This is the first time that the archipelago has received part of this loan, consisting of 22 million euros, which will be distributed among several territories, according to a statement from the Ministry of Youth and Children: the Canary Islands will receive 8.5 million; Ceuta, 7 million; and Melilla, 4.5 million.
Minister Sira Rego stated that the objective is to support territories that make an "extra effort" in material and budgetary matters to care for migrant children and adolescents due to the fact that they are arrival areas. The resources will be allocated to the immediate care and reception of these young people, as well as to all information, guidance, and psychosocial support activities, including schooling, socio-labor integration, and social inclusion.
The proposed distribution of these funds was approved at the last Sectoral Conference for the area, held on June 27, and was criticized as insufficient by regions such as the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands. Rego recalled that his department is promoting the development of the royal decree law for the relocation of these young people from areas with greater migratory pressure to other territories, with the aim of guaranteeing the minors "a supportive, dignified, and binding reception" and supporting the communities of arrival: "Migration is a national issue and must be addressed as it should be addressed as it should be."
The Ministry has convened a new Sectoral Conference on Children and Adolescents for next Thursday, July 17, at which it will discuss with the regional governments the government's latest proposal on how many young people will be transferred to each territory. According to its plan, approximately 3,000 young people will be transferred, most of them in Andalusia, the Community of Madrid, and the Community of Valencia.
