Ara Balears in English - Sandra Fernández

The Balearic Islands have asked the State in a letter to stop the distribution of migrant minors in the islands.

ARA Balears — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:47:42 +0000

The Regional Minister for Families, Social Welfare, and Dependency Care, Sandra Fernández, sent a letter this Monday to the Minister of Youth and Children, Sira Rego, requesting that she halt the transfer of unaccompanied migrant minors arriving in the Canary Islands. In the note, Fernández reminded her that the childcare services of the island councils are caring for 682 unaccompanied migrant minors, four times more than in 2022, and that this increase and the resulting overcrowding of 1,000% in these services directly impacts the quality of services.

Unaccompanied minors and tourism of struggles

Sebastià Alzamora — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:45:44 +0000

It is perplexing, to use a neutral word, to hear the Minister of Social Welfare and Families, Sandra Fernández, announce that the Balearic Islands will exhaust "all avenues"—legal, by which I mean—to avoid complying with the law and taking in the unaccompanied migrant minors they are entitled to, due to a "lack of capacity." It is disappointing that such a powerful and prosperous region, which, according to its own leaders, is a world leader among tourist destinations, lacks the capacity to take in, at most, around fifty children and adolescents without means of subsistence.

"We will promote a law for people with disabilities."

Marcos Torío — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:17:25 +0000

Sandra Fernández (Palma, 1980) is the new regional government minister for Family, Social Welfare, and Care for Dependent People following the departure of Catalina Cirer. She cites her as a key figure and is grateful for giving her her first political opportunity in the Balearic Islands. Her portfolio is marked by the challenge of reducing waiting lists: 14,500 people are waiting for a disability assessment; 3,700 for a dependency assessment; and 2,500 for the Individual Care Program (PIA).

Transfer of portfolios that completes the government reshuffle

ARA Balears — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:09:38 +0000

Catalina Cirer handed over her portfolio to Sandra Fernández this Monday as the new Regional Minister of Families, Social Welfare and Care for Dependent People. The transfer of power, which took place amid smiles and knowing hugs from the two protagonists, was the first of this Monday.