The Spanish Government has withdrawn the appeal it filed against the request of the Supreme Court (TS) ordering it to take charge of 1,008 minor asylum seekers who are in the Canary Islands.
This was announced this Friday by the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Félix Bolaños, in Barcelona, where he is meeting with the councilors of the communities with powers in Justice.
The Supreme Court issued on March 26 a precautionary measure that forced the Executive to guarantee within ten days the reception of about a thousand unaccompanied migrant minors who are in the Canary Islands, although the State Attorney's Office announced an appeal against this decision.
After holding a meeting with the Canary Islands Government this Thursday, Bolaños explained that, "as a sign of loyalty and good faith in the negotiation", the Executive "has already withdrawn that appeal" with the aim of "working on the agreement, and not so much on the judicial procedure".
According to what the newspaper El País had advanced, the State Attorney's Office defended in its appeal that it is the Canary autonomous administration that has the competence to welcome migrant minors, regardless of whether they have applied for international protection or not.
The Government of Spain and the Canary Islands met this Thursday to agree on how that transfer of minors required by the Supreme Court would take place.
