The Government defends the urgent transfer of 500 minors from Ceuta to the peninsula

The Secretary of State for Youth and Children, Rubén Pérez Correa, defended this Thursday the urgent transfer of 500 minors from Ceuta to the peninsula as a "more agile" mechanism was needed and has guaranteed that it will be an "equitable" distribution between the autonomous communities.

This was explained in an interview on Cadena Ser, reported by Europa Press, in which he indicated that the mechanism used will be the same, in some cases, as the one designed to accommodate minors from the Canary Islands seeking asylum and whom, according to the Supreme Court, the State should take care of.

"These places have been used with these minors who, in many cases, are turning 18 and most of them already have a personal work schedule and we can take advantage of the existence of these places to also refer girls," argued Pérez Correa, who has avoided giving more details on the matter.

Derivations from Ceuta

The rest of the referrals, as confirmed, will be made to devices run by entities that are currently working with both the Ministry of Inclusion and the autonomous city of Ceuta.

"The highest level of concreteness for us is the signing of the agreement with the entity and the acceptance by the city (of Ceuta) of making this transfer. We believe that it is very probable and also that it is possible," he added.

Regarding the number of minors who entered the autonomous city at the end of July, Pérez Corre has spoken of about 2,500 but has been convinced that "there are many more."

"We are also seeing a very significant number of them that are on public roads right now," said Pérez Correa, who has admitted the territorial complexity of Ceuta in order to accurately quantify the figure.

"Very high percentages" of girls

And it has focused on the "very high percentages of girls in the protection system, some cases of minors under 10 and 11 years old, who are emerging from very complex family situations."

And, for this reason, he has justified the "urgency" of the measure to "try to ensure that these girls are free from the risks involved in a street situation." "We are concerned about their extreme vulnerability and require much more personalized attention," he added.

Regarding the fact that unaccompanied foreign minors have been transferred in recent days to other communities such as Extremadura, governed by the PP in coalition with Vox, the Secretary of State has warned that in all the Autonomous Communities "the law will be complied with" and has recalled, in this sense, the collaboration with the Prosecutor's Office to guarantee compliance. "If you don't want to comply with the law, then the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office and the authorized organizations act in this case. We don't understand any other scenario," he added.