After the massive entry of migrants into Ceuta, 528 minors remain in the city after being identified by the Police

This Wednesday, the National Police has identified 528 minors, who irregularly entered Ceuta last Thursday during the massive entry of migrants through the border breakwater starring more than 70,000 people, some of whom are still wandering through the autonomous community.

In statements to journalists, the Government delegate in Ceuta, Miguel Ángel Pérez, also explained this Wednesday that priority is being given to collecting data on the identity of these minors, who have already entered the reception resources of the Ceuta Government. However, the Delegate has stressed that "there are still minors on the streets, which is a great concern" shared with the Autonomous City, which is competent in this area. Most of these minors are in the vicinity of the Tajaral Industrial Estate, where they remain sleeping among cardboard boxes waiting to enter reception centers, even though some of them are accompanied by their mothers.

Miguel Ángel Pérez has reiterated that he has made himself "available" to the Autonomous City to collaborate on the issue of welcoming minors. "We do not have an official figure for the entry of minors nor for children who have voluntarily left through the border since minors have not been allowed to leave alone through the border crossing, of this we have no record," he commented in reference to the fact that many of these minors have chosen to voluntarily return to their country of origin.

He referred to the commissioning of two public schools to receive the girls, although he warned that giving the green light to these spaces "is not a decision of the Government of Spain but that the Government of Ceuta has no more spaces due to the care pressure and they ask us to have a school to attend to those who are on the street." The Government delegate in Ceuta has made it clear that the two schools are not an "ideal space" since on September 1st the school year begins, so he stressed that in this case the minors will be in these school centers "very temporarily because the school year begins at the beginning of September."

The priorities for Pérez Triano

In relation to the number of minors, official data is not yet available, but Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano confirms that local authorities are handling a figure of around 500. "The priority is for minors to get off the streets," he commented, recalling that the Government announced this Tuesday an extraordinary allocation of 25 million euros destined for the care of unaccompanied minors. Furthermore, apparently, the Government is studying reinforcing the Immigration Office of the Delegation to be able to process the files of these minors more quickly so that they can be transferred to other autonomous communities. "Now we are faced with the PP's refusal for any minor to arrive in their territory, Tellado has already said that the children have to leave the way they came," said Triano. He commented this recalling that, according to the law, these must be cared for in Spain. Should the refusal of the regional governments of PP and Vox persist, Pérez warns that the Minors' Prosecutor's Office will have to act ex officio.