Spain plans transfer of 500 migrant children from Ceuta to mainland
- Ceuta leaders want children returned to Morocco, but Madrid says deporting them is ‘outrageous’.
- Spain plans to transfer about 500 unaccompanied children from its North African enclave of Ceuta to the mainland, after tens of thousands of migrants recently surged across the border by land and sea.
- Officials at the Ministry of Youth and Children told Spanish public broadcaster RTVE on Wednesday that the provisional figure covers the children it considers most vulnerable, following the mass crossing of people from Morocco on July 30.
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- Ceuta leaders want children returned to Morocco, but Madrid says deporting them is ‘outrageous’.
- Spain plans to transfer about 500 unaccompanied children from its North African enclave of Ceuta to the mainland, after tens of thousands of migrants recently surged across the border by land and sea.
- Officials at the Ministry of Youth and Children told Spanish public broadcaster RTVE on Wednesday that the provisional figure covers the children it considers most vulnerable, following the mass crossing of people from Morocco on July 30.
Sources: Al Jazeera