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Spain plans to relocate 1,300 migrant children from overcrowded Ceuta | DW News

Hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children remain in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta after a mass border crossing from Morocco. Local facilities are overwhelmed, with many minors reportedly sleeping rough as authorities struggle to cope. Spain says it will transfer more than 1,300 children to the mainland, prioritizing younger boys and girls. But how are these children living now, and what happens to them next?

00:00 Ceuta locals demand solutions to mass arrivals 00:32 DW correspondent Jan-Philipp Scholz reports 00:50 What are Spanish Youth Minister Sira Rego's proposals? 02:02 Migrant children have been living in “catastrophic” conditions 02:33 Reports about sexual abuse 03:06 Why are so many migrant children still in Ceuta? 04:42 Did they come to Ceuta by themselves? 05:54 Political reactions to the government's plans 08:05 What Spanish authorities are doing to prevent more mass migration incidents 09:10 Interview Dr. Ingi Iusmen, University of Southampton 09:27 Why transferring unaccompanied migrant children to the mainland is “the right thing to do” 10:44 The process of applying for asylum as a child 13:22 Spain was unprepared to deal with large numbers of migrants 15:12 Migration as a hot political topic across the world

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