Valencia to Welcome 25 Unaccompanied Moroccan Minors in Migrant Relocation Effort

The objective is to decongest the La Esperanza reception center where around 240 minors who arrived en masse on May 17 and 18 in Ceuta are housed, in order to offer them better housing conditions. According to government sources, more than 50% of the 200 minors taken care of by the State have left this center this week to be distributed among several autonomous communities, including the Valencian Community.

To read: Spain Relocates Moroccan Migrant Minors from Ceuta to Mainland Regions

In June, 114 minor migrants were distributed to reception centers in the Balearic Islands, Andalusia, Castile and León, Extremadura, Galicia, Catalonia, Aragon and the Valencian Community. The operation, coordinated by the Ministry of Social Affairs with the peninsular and Balearic communities, should continue next week.

To read: Catalonia Offers to Take In Moroccan Minors from Ceuta Crisis

Nearly 8,000 migrants, mostly minors, arrived en masse in Ceuta in May. The majority are Moroccans from the city of Fnideq, but there were also sub-Saharan Africans, according to the Ministry of the Interior, which ensures that half of the migrants have already been repatriated to their country of origin.