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Draft Decree Would Raise Regional Capacity for Unaccompanied Minors to 17,081

The government says it will take the measure to the Council of Ministers regardless of a PP-led boycott.

Overview

  • The Youth and Childhood minister, Sira Rego, said the draft will go to the Council of Ministers after several PP-run regions skipped the Sectorial Conference and the meeting failed to reach a quorum.
  • New benchmarks in the draft assign Galicia 940 places and Castilla y León 833, with the largest figures in Andalusia, Catalonia, Madrid, and the Valencia region.
  • The proposal lifts Spain’s national “ordinary capacity” to 17,081 places and keeps emergency rules in place for territories hosting more than three times their benchmark.
  • The draft sets each region’s figure using a population-based formula as of December 31, 2025, and defines ordinary capacity as a planning yardstick rather than an order to make immediate placements.
  • Castilla y León said it will appeal any central decision it believes harms the region while stating it will comply with the law.