The Minister of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Childhood and Families, Candelaria Delgado, participated this Tuesday in a new meeting of the Canary Islands-State inter-administrative committee to comply with the Supreme Court's orders regarding the transfer of unaccompanied migrant minors with international protection.
In the meeting, the State announced that it is considering using the new Royal Decree as a way to carry out the transfers of unaccompanied minors with international protection from the Canary Islands to the Peninsula.
Delgado recalled that the Government of the Canary Islands already requested in its latest report that the Supreme Court expressly rule on this possibility, because "we understand that the ordinary distribution cannot be applied to minors with international protection and it is the Supreme Court who must resolve this issue to give full legal certainty to this procedure."
The Minister also highlighted that the State committed to increasing the number of referrals and establishing a plan one month in advance, as requested by the Canary Islands, which will allow organizing the files with greater foresight and guarantees.
A total of 59 minors between this week and next week
In the meeting, the State reported that a total of 39 minors will leave the Canary Islands next week, which will be added to the 20 already approved for this week, who are scheduled to leave tomorrow Wednesday.
However, Delgado warned that the official document that makes the declaration of migratory contingency provided for in the Royal Decree effective has not yet arrived and that the necessary instructions have not been established from the Ministry or from the Government Delegation to transfer the documentation and files, an essential step to comply with the provisions of the rule.
"The Canary Islands will do its part, but we need clear guidelines and a safe framework to be able to process the files quickly and efficiently. Our priority continues to be protecting the best interests of the children who are under our guardianship and complying with what the court orders dictate," said the Minister.