Andalucía comprometida con menores migrantes no acompañados
The Minister of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families, and Equality, Loles López, has emphasized that Andalusia «has been and will continue to be a land of solidarity» and has reaffirmed the commitment of the community to the reception of unaccompanied migrant minors, while preserving the care and protection of children, both those who are going to be transferred and those who are already part of the Andalusian protection system.
López has participated in the extraordinary meeting of the Plenary of the Sectorial Conference on Childhood and Adolescence, held in Madrid and attended remotely due to the impossibility of traveling to Madrid because of cancellations and delays on the AVE trains Madrid-Seville. This meeting was held to address the distribution criteria outlined in Royal Decree Law 2/2025, of March 18.
The minister has criticized the «lack of dialogue and loyalty» of the central government with the autonomous communities and, as proof of this, has recalled that the government has not responded to the request submitted in February to the General State Administration for the comprehensive care of migrants, which the Executive «has introduced in Andalusia through the back door under the guise of adults» and which now amount to 634. «They are minors that Andalusia continues to care for out of its own pocket and about whom the government doesn’t want to know absolutely anything,» she emphasized.
At the Sectorial Conference, the Minister of Social Inclusion has expressed her rejection of the distribution criteria for unaccompanied migrant minors imposed by the government in the Royal Decree Law, against which Andalusia has already begun the process of filing a constitutional appeal.
«We want to continue welcoming children, but always within the possibilities of the Minor Protection System, which is at 96%», López pointed out, warning that, «if this is not the case and the government treats children as commodities, it not only jeopardizes the assistance of the minors it will transfer, but also those who are already in the Andalusian system.» «It is about guaranteeing the care and protection of minors,» she emphasized.
The Minister of Social Inclusion also stressed the lack of information and cooperation from the government, stating that «we know nothing about financing or the number of minors that the autonomous communities will receive.»
Finally, the minister highlighted that the State «also refuses to recognize Andalusia as the Southern Border, a recognition that is granted to northern regions of Spain,» a gesture that she described as «a new slap in the face to the Andalusian territory.»
