The Balearic Islands have not received any of the 803 minors relocated from the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.

PalmThe Balearic Islands have not received any of the 803 unaccompanied migrant children who have been transferred from the Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla to other autonomous communities in the last seven months, since the reform of the Immigration Law. Although the Spanish government included The Islands are among the regions likely to receive migrant children. of the Canary Islands and the autonomous cities, The Executive refused, He appealed to the courts and argued that his guardianship capacity had been exceeded. Sources from the Balearic Government and the Council of Mallorca have indicated to the EFE news agency that none of the displaced minors have arrived in the Balearic Islands.

The Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory has reported in a statement on the number of transfers carried out after Tuesday's Interministerial Commission on Immigration meeting. Minister Ángel Víctor Torres emphasized that the number of foreign children and adolescents transferred from territories with strained resources to those with less pressure is higher than the figures reached before the reform of the regulations, when "voluntary solidarity between territories was not yielding results."

Torres considered this modification to be "a milestone in the care of these children" and stressed that it is being carried out "successfully," despite "continuous obstacles from the opposition, even before the Constitutional Court." The Spanish government has stated that the transfers are proceeding normally since the relocations began from the regions declared to be in a state of migration emergency.

A total of 803 children and adolescents have been transferred, 395 of whom were relocated through the amendment to Article 35 of the Immigration Law, which established a reception system for minors arriving in territories with high migration pressure. Another 408 minors have been transferred from the Canary Islands to the Spanish mainland following a Supreme Court order requiring the Spanish government to assume responsibility for these young people, who had been cared for by the Canary Islands until then. The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration has reported that another 28 minors seeking international protection will be relocated to various centers this week. Torres noted that, following the reform, the Immigration Law allows four months to complete the transfer once the autonomous communities responsible for the situation send the minors' files to the Spanish government.

In order for all minors to be relocated by March 2026, the regional governments should have submitted their files in November. In the case of the Canary Islands, where there are approximately 1,700 minors, only 536 files have been received.