Ceuta Identifies 2,168 Minors Since July 30 as New Shelters Open Beyond 29-Place Capacity
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Updated · democrata.es · Aug 18
Ceuta Identifies 2,168 Minors Since July 30 as New Shelters Open Beyond 29-Place Capacity
3 articles · Updated · democrata.es · Aug 18
Summary
2,168 minors have been located, identified and transferred to Ceuta’s regional government since July 30, up 270 from the last official count five days earlier.
The updated figure was released after a coordination meeting with the government delegation, National Police and Civil Guard, which treated identifying the minors as the immediate priority.
Ceuta has opened additional care spaces, including two schools, after the Ministry of Youth and Childhood requested more room because existing reception centers were overcrowded.
The pressure is far beyond the enclave’s ordinary reception capacity of 29 migrants and follows the mass influx recorded at the end of July.
That broader crisis also pushed Ceuta and Spain’s migration ministry to agree on four new accommodation sites for 1,500 migrants after the city threatened legal action.