Spanish immigration and youth services officials have come up with a plan to transfer roughly 500 particularly vulnerable unaccompanied youths from the North African Spanish exclave of Ceuta to mainland Spain.
Spain's Ministry of Youth and Children says the plan has a mechanism that will allow "child protection organizations to take in and care for the most vulnerable individuals — including girls — in adapted facilities on the mainland, without the need to transfer custody to [regional authorities]."
What else do we know about the measure?
On Wednesday, Spain's Migration Minister Elma Saiz told public broadcaster RNE that Madrid is working with Ceuta and Spain's regional governments to organize the transfer and placement of the children, mainly girls, in foster homes as well as under government care.
Spain's EFE news agency quoted government officials saying that a royal decree would establish "the binding and solidarity-based reception of minors by all regions."
