The Balearic Islands Bar Association will file an administrative appeal with a court in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria against the resolution ordering the transfer and relocation of an unaccompanied foreign minor in the Balearic Islands. This was approved by the Governing Council this Friday, as reported by the government spokesperson, Antoni Costa, at the subsequent press conference.

While the far right continues its offensive against migrants, organizations such as the Novact Institute and Irídia Center for the Defense of Human Rights denounce the conditions faced by people arriving in Mallorca by boat. For their part, institutions downplay the severity of some situations and point out that the complications arise during peak arrival times—peaks that break records and demand more adequate infrastructure to provide dignified treatment to those who undertake a long and dangerous journey in search of a better life.

Frontex spokesperson Chris Borowski confirmed on the programme On the Day IB3 Radio reported that Spain has not requested the deployment of agents to the Balearic Islands, despite the increase in the arrival of migrants to the archipelago's shores. According to Borowski, "Frontex can only act when a Member State requests it, and so far we have not received any request from Spain."

This Monday, the Government filed its first request with the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court to suspend the effectiveness of Royal Decree 743/2025, of August 26, which establishes the "ordinary capacity" of the system for the protection and guardianship of unaccompanied foreign minors. This measure entails the immediate suspension of transfers of minors to the Balearic Islands, which would result from this regulation.

The Speaker of Congress and Secretary General of the PSIB-PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), Francina Armengol, denounced this Saturday that the PP is using migrant minors as a "shield" to "cover up their incompetence" through a "sectarian policy of confrontation."

The Council of Ministers approved this Tuesday the declaration of a migration emergency in the Balearic Islands, in response to the increase in migrants arriving on the islands' coasts throughout 2025 and the need to strengthen humanitarian assistance for these individuals. This declaration incorporates an investment of 6.75 million euros, according to the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, and will be in effect until December 31, 2025.

The polarization over the wave of migration has impacted the Balearic Islands, which in recent years have seen a significant increase in the number of immigrants arriving by boat, some of them minors. The People's Party (PP) and its partner, Vox, have made the issue a front against the Spanish government. From the more or less direct link between irregular immigration and crime, to accusations against the Spanish government and NGOs of generating a "pull effect," various specialists consulted by ARABalears point out fake news of these parties on the migration issue.

The migratory route between the Algerian coast and the Balearic Islands is constantly changing. Beyond the increase in arrivals over the last five years, the danger of the journey has also increased; the profile of those arriving, their motivations, and the authorities' response have all changed. What began in 2018 as a sporadic trickle of people crossing from one neighboring country to another has now become an established route, one of the most important in the Mediterranean, through which people depart whose journey begins thousands of kilometers from our shores.

The secretary general of the PSIB (Balearic Socialist Workers' Party) and president of the Parliament, Francina Armengol, neither confirmed nor denied that she is the party's candidate for the 2027 regional elections. "I try to be respectful of the party's interim processes. We are governed by primary elections, and when the time comes, they announce it," she said. Armengol made this statement during her appearance to explain the topics to be discussed during the PSIB's parliamentary sessions to address the new political year. The secretary general described the Catalan government's willingness to reject the €1.741 billion debt write-off proposed by the Spanish government as a "betrayal of the Balearic Islands." "It's a betrayal to obey Feijoo's orders," she continued. "I would be surprised if no regional president of the PP with a certain esteem in his homeland accepts the write-off, because how will he defend it before Parliament?" she asked.

The government will request the Supreme Court to temporarily suspend the distribution of migrant minors from the Canary Islands and Ceuta, which the Spanish government plans to implement before the end of August. President Marga Prohens announced this Thursday after meeting with the presidents of the four island councils to discuss the migration crisis of recent weeks, which has seen the arrival of 1,500 people in the Balearic Islands in the last 15 days.

Maritime Rescue and agents from the Guardia Civil's maritime service intercepted 20 people on a small boat half a mile south of Mallorca this Wednesday afternoon. This brings the total number of boats arriving in the Balearic Islands this day to 16, with 257 people on board. The incident occurred in the area of Cape Falcó, on the island of Cabrera, 0.5 miles south of Mallorca, at around 1:20 p.m., according to Efe. During this Wednesday, eight small boats arrived in Formentera (with 138 migrants on board), six at different points in the Cabrera archipelago (with 110 people), and two in southern Mallorca (with nine people in total).

The PSIB-PSOE has harshly criticized the government of Marga Prohens for refusing to participate in the Spanish government's call for elections. to address the situation of unaccompanied migrant minorsAccording to Efe, the Socialists consider this stance "irresponsible and unsupportive" and warn that migration flows are changing, which could affect the Balearic Islands in the near future.

The government has accused the Spanish government of "threatening" it with not sending the ordinary credit to finance the care of unaccompanied migrant minors in the Balearic Islands and is demanding its transfer because it was a point unanimously approved by the preparatory Sectoral Commission. The Balearic government stated that the Minister of Youth and Children, Sira Rego, informed them that the suspension of the Sectoral Conference scheduled for this Thursday, following the protest by the PP's autonomous communities, would prevent this financial transfer, according to Europa Press.