The Supreme Court has ordered the Government of Spain to adopt "urgent" measures to accommodate in its resources about 1,200 migrant minors who have arrived alone in the Canary Islands and have applied for asylum and has warned that it will impose "coercive measures" in case of non-compliance.
The Fifth Section of the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court has given the central Executive a "non-extendable term" of 30 days to provide the administrative offices in charge of processing international protection applications and formalizing the application with "the necessary personal and material resources".
The Supreme Court has also warned the Executive that it has another "non-extendable term" of 15 days to agree with the Government of the Canary Islands on what will be the "most effective" form of collaboration. In this way, it has asked that it make available to the autonomous community "the necessary material, personal and economic means and resources" so that these minor asylum seekers can access "completely" the national reception system.
In a resolution, the Chamber has indicated that it must also "identify those responsible" for complying with the measures agreed in each of the Ministries and that it notify within 15 days of all the measures planned.
