Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001241/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Dolors Montserrat (PPE), Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez (PPE)
According to the recent agreement between the Spanish Government and the Junts party, Catalonia (eight million inhabitants, governed by the Socialist Party) will only receive 20 to 30 of the 4 000 unaccompanied migrant children currently in the Canary Islands, while Madrid (seven million inhabitants, governed by the PP) and Andalusia (eight million, governed by PP) will have to receive more than 700. These figures show that this distribution is based on political criteria, rather than on principles of solidarity and proportionality, and raises doubts as to its compatibility with EU values and regulations in the field of asylum and child protection.
In light of the above:
- 1.Does the Commission consider that this agreement respects the principle of solidarity between regions and balance in migration management, as laid down in Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)?
- 2.What measures will the Commission take to ensure that the relocation of migrant children in Spain is carried out in accordance with objective criteria, the capacity of the regions, and respect for the best interests of the children, as laid down in EU law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
Submitted: 25.3.2025