The State has agreed with the Canary Islands government on how it will "imminently" take care of migrant minors.

BarcelonaThe Spanish government and the Canary Islands executive have reached an agreement on the care of unaccompanied migrant minors who are on the islands and have requested asylum, according to sources from the Moncloa. This agreement comes three months after the Supreme Court established in an order that the State must include them in the international protection resources and three weeks after it threatened to sanctions politicians if they failed to comply.

In a statement, Pedro Sánchez's executive explains that the consensus between both governments is along these lines: every Tuesday, an inter-administrative committee will meet to determine the most appropriate place in Spanish territory for each minor. To date, the statement adds, the State has already incorporated 827 minors into the humanitarian assistance and international protection system.

Initially, the number of minors in this situation was estimated at 1,200. Now, as announced by the Canary Islands government, there are 827 who have all the correct documentation and are already included in the databases of this protection system. Predictably, the State will take charge of these applicants. However, there are 367 more who are not yet listed.

The agreement was also confirmed by the Director General of Child Protection of the Canary Islands government, Sandra Rodríguez, after meeting online with representatives of the Spanish government, specifically the Ministries of Inclusion, Children, the Interior, and Territorial Policy, as well as the State Attorney's Office. According to Rodríguez, the steps to be followed in the care of these minors have been agreed upon, a commitment she described as "very positive." Now, she said, "the best interests of the minor" will be prioritized. Thus, each case will be reviewed, and based on that, their relocation will be decided on an individualized basis.

250 cases prepared

For the committee's first meeting, which will be next Tuesday, the parties have agreed to have 250 files prepared for the short-term transfer of these minors. The Ministry of the Interior will foreseeably assume their custody, but the Canary Islands government will maintain their guardianship. "Each minor has a migration plan that may be to continue to another place or remain in the Canary Islands," Rodríguez noted.

The Canary Islands official indicated that these agreements will be submitted to the Supreme Court, to which the Canary Islands will communicate "everything that has been detected over the last few days." "There have been times when we have been asked for documentation beyond what is strictly established by law, but we have already made it clear that we cannot be asked for more," the director general stated. Rodríguez guaranteed that the autonomous community will continue fighting "for these minors' right to this asylum place," which is independent of the distribution that may occur due to the modification of the immigration law, she concluded.