The Ministry will provide the Balearic Islands with an additional €1.2 million to care for migrant minors.
This proposal for credit distribution must first be assessed by the Sectoral Commission convened for October 17.
PalmThe Ministry of Youth and Children will submit to the next Sectoral Conference the proposal for the transfer of an extraordinary credit of 1.2 million euros, following the declaration of a migration emergency. This allocation is included in the 13 million euros that the Spanish government will also provide to the Canary Islands and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla for the care of unaccompanied migrant children.
Of this amount, the Canary Islands will receive five million euros; Ceuta, 4.1 million; and Melilla, 1.7 million. These are the three territories declared under extraordinary migration emergency under Royal Decree-Law 2/2025.
This proposed credit distribution must first be assessed by the Sectoral Commission convened for October 17 and subsequently validated by the Sectoral Conference on Children and Adolescents, scheduled to take place in early November. This new allocation of funds is in addition to the 22 million euros that the Ministry of Youth and Children has already approved this year for the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, and the Balearic Islands.
100 million euros
Added to this is the €100 million fund linked to Royal Decree-Law 2/2025, which regulates the reception of unaccompanied migrant children. In total, in addition to ordinary credit transfers, the Ministry has made €135 million available to the autonomous communities this year alone.
In this way, the Ministry reaffirms its commitment to addressing the needs of border territories to guarantee the rights of unaccompanied migrant children. "We are making all the necessary resources available to the regional administrations to ensure the sustainability of reception systems and that the best interests of children and adolescents prevail," they explained in a statement.
Given this, the Spanish government regrets that certain regions continue to try to boycott the relocation of children and adolescents from territories declared under extraordinary migration emergency. The data demonstrate that "this is not a lack of resources, but rather a racist policy that seeks to criminalize unaccompanied migrant children," they point out. However, the first relocations have already taken place, and the protocol is proceeding normally, ensuring the best interests of the minors.