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 community’s commitment to the reception of unaccompanied migrant minors, while preserving the care and protection of children, both those who are going to be relocated 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 in the AVE trains from Madrid to Seville. This meeting was held to address the distribution criteria set forth 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 evidence of this, has recalled that the Government has not responded to the request made in February to the General State Administration for the comprehensive care of migrants, whom the Executive «has introduced in Andalusia through the back door under the guise of adults» and who now number 634. «These are minors that Andalusia continues to care for on its own and which the Government does not want to know anything about,» 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 Child Protection System, which is at 96%», López pointed out, warning that, «if this is not the case and the Executive treats children as commodities, it not only jeopardizes the care of the minors to be relocated, but also those already in the Andalusian system.» «It is about ensuring the care and protection of minors,» she emphasized.
The Minister of Social Inclusion also highlighted the lack of information and cooperation from the Government, stating that «we know nothing about funding or the number of minors that the autonomous communities will receive.»
Finally, the Minister emphasized that the State «also refuses to recognize Andalusia as the Southern Border, a recognition that is granted to communities in northern Spain,» a gesture she described as «a new mockery for the Andalusian territory.»
