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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