The Spanish Episcopal Conference calls on the government to "guarantee above all the life and safety of minors", in accordance with national laws and international conventions, which require "their consent" before any possible repatriation.
José Luis Martinez-Almeida, mayor of Madrid and spokesperson for the Spanish Popular Party (PP), reacted to the expulsion of minors from Ceuta. In his sights, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
At least 60 Moroccan minors escaped this Saturday from the Piniers center in Ceuta to avoid the ongoing repatriation operation. The national police are actively searching for them.
The Attorney General’s Office has just opened an investigation into the repatriation operation to Morocco of some 800 minor migrants who arrived in Ceuta in May. The Spanish justice, which was not informed of this operation, wants to know everything about the conditions of return of the Moroccan children.
The second vice-president of Ceuta, Carlos Rontomé, providing details on the operation to repatriate to Morocco the minors who arrived in the autonomous city in May, said on Friday that "the Moroccan government will be responsible for locating the families of the minors and carrying out family reunifications."
The Ombudsman asked the Ministry of the Interior on Friday to suspend the operation to repatriate unaccompanied Moroccan minors from Ceuta to Morocco. The institution has received several complaints from NGOs defending children’s rights, who denounce the lack of legal guarantees in the procedure.
The repatriation of unaccompanied Moroccan minors who arrived in Ceuta last May began this Friday, through the Tarajal border crossing. Morocco has given its approval for the start of this operation.
The Nîmes Criminal Court has sentenced two individuals to 42 months in prison for importing and transporting Moroccan cannabis. In total, 86 kg of drugs were found in a truck coming from Spain.
When questioned about the trial that is starting in September regarding the arrival of the Polisario Front leader in Spain, the Spanish diplomat Inocencio Arias declared on Monday on ’El Cascabel’ of TRECE that "it is impossible for Brahim Ghali to enter Spain without the knowledge of the Moncloa".
The Moroccans of the Temporary Stay Center for Migrants in Ceuta (CETI) denounced the violent clashes recorded on Wednesday between different groups of sub-Saharan and Algerian migrants.
The lifeless body of the Moroccan found at sea in Ceuta on Wednesday was buried on Thursday in the Sidi Embarek cemetery. It would be that of Youssef Horous, according to his family who were able to identify him. The judicial police are awaiting the results of the DNA test to confirm the family’s version.
The athlete Mohamed Katir , who finished eighth in the 5,000m final at the Tokyo Olympics, was honored upon his return to Mula, in the Murcia region. On Wednesday, he was applauded by some 500 people gathered at the town hall for a tribute ceremony.