According to the NGO Save the Children, two weeks after the mass arrival of over 70,000 people who illegally crossed the border with Morocco, about 4,000 minors in Ceuta remain outside the protection system, awaiting identification, location, and referral to social services, while the government claims that about 2,500 minors remain on the streets of the city.
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Highlighting the discrepancy between official figures and those reported by NGOs is El Pais, which states that the difference highlights the scale of the migrant minors crisis in Ceuta.
Many of these children and adolescents, according to Save the Children, still live on the streets, without a safe place to sleep or adequate access to basic services. About 1,500 of them are currently under the NGO’s care, which specifies that the number of those awaiting identification is an estimate due to the difficulty of locating all those scattered in different areas of the city. A Save the Children team is currently in Ceuta to assess the living conditions of children and adolescents, identify the most urgent protection needs, and any vulnerability situations.
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The organization calls for safe places and assistance for minors
Save the Children urges authorities to immediately strengthen teams and resources dedicated to locating, identifying, and protecting girls and boys who remain outside the system, and to ensure that every minor has access to a safe place to sleep, food, water, healthcare, specialized support, and psychosocial assistance. The organization calls for the urgent transfer of unaccompanied minors to other Spanish Autonomous Communities, in line with established mechanisms, as well as an assessment of all available public spaces, including those owned or managed by the State, Autonomous Communities, or the city of Ceuta, that could be used to provide safe housing, so that no child is forced to sleep on the street.
Furthermore, the child protection organization reiterates its willingness to support the competent authorities, offering its expertise in child protection and migration, to help ensure an effective and adequate response to the needs of children.
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