The Ceuta government will begin sending dozens of minors who entered the enclave in May to schools for language and basic training, amid a stalemate on their deportation a Spanish court says breaches international law.
At least 438 unaccompanied minors were among the more than 8,000 Moroccan migrants who either scaled or swam around Ceuta in May. They live in a temporary shelter, where classes will be given in eleven mobile classrooms provided by the local government.
at least 82 out of 780 unaccompanied Moroccan migrants are of compulsory school age, four of them in primary school and 78 in compulsory secondary education, according to data provided by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training of Ceuta.
Earlier in September, the Spanish Ministry of Education recruited nearly fifty teachers to be in charge of more than 1,000 Moroccan minors who remained in Ceuta after plans to repatriate them to Morocco were blocked by a court decision.
It is estimated that the majority of children who arrived in occupied Ceuta are dropout students, many of whom arrived in Ceuta alone.
A Spanish court in August suspended the repatriation to Morocco of unaccompanied minors following legal action by rights campaigners.
In December, Ceuta Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation on the expulsion of two Moroccan minors aged 15 and 16 to the Kingdom.
The two minors were arrested by the Civil Guard when they were trying to stow away on a boat, on November 28.
Prosecutor’s Office agreed to open the investigation, following requests tabled by 5 NGOs: Andalucía Acoge, Coordinadora de Barrios, No Name Kitchen, Maakum and Fundación Raíces.
The five associations denounced the expulsion of the two minors, saying it abuses the legal procedure of returning minors to their homelands.
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