Aragon: 95.8% of claimed minors were adults
Spain's Aragon region found 95.8% of self-declared minors were adults, while prosecutors admit only 45% of tested individuals are truly underage.
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Aragon: 95.8% of claimed minors were adults
How many who claim to be minors actually are? In Spain's Aragon region, the official answer is stark: 95.8% of immigrants who stated they were under age were not. The data, released by Okdiario, challenges the narrative that age determination tests are a guaranteed safeguard. The Public Prosecutor's Office acknowledges that only 45% of those subjected to tests are genuinely minors. This means more than half of those undergoing scans are adults. Meanwhile, the Canary Islands have an unused age measurement device sitting in a box for a month.
The issue is significant. Andalusia has received nearly 500 migrants disguised as adults in less than a year, according to the same sources, and the Government refuses to recognize the minority status of 454 of them. The European Parliament has discovered that half of those declaring themselves minors in the Canary Islands are adults. Segarro rejects 92% of repatriations. The system stalls at both ends: entry is uncontrolled, and exit is blocked when deception is uncovered.
The trap of age testing
The system relies on radiological tests to determine if someone is a minor. However, the Prosecutor's Office admits that only 45% of those tested are minors. The rest are adults posing as adolescents to access protection resources. This figure dismantles the idea that the filter works. In Aragon, 95.8% of those claiming to be minors were not. It is not a calculation error; it is a pattern.
Some argue that tests are applied sparingly to avoid abusa rights. This argument clashes with reality: the Canary Islands have an age determination device that has been in a box, unused, for a month. The machinery exists. The political will does not.
Collapse of reception centers
Andalusia has received nearly 500 migrants disguised as adults in less than a year. The region reports being "overwhelmed." The Government refuses to recognize the minority status of 454 of them, leaving them in administrative limbo: neither protected minors nor deportable adults. Meanwhile, centers for unaccompanied foreign minors continue to receive people who should not be there.
The situation repeats in other regions. Extremadura discovered it was receiving a 19-year-old listed as 17. Police believe the migrant who sensual assaulted a girl in Hortaleza is an adult. Another case: the alleged minor who assaulted a girl in Hortaleza was 23 years old. These are individual cases, but they outline a pattern.
Idle radar and unapplied law
Sánchez's Government keeps in a warehouse the SIVE radar purchased by the PP to detect mafia boats trafficking people to the Canary Islands. The anti-mafia radar in Lanzarote remains uninstalled despite the influx of pateras (small boats). The paradox is evident: equipment is bought, stored in a box, and the scale of the problem is denied.
Meanwhile, the Government and Coalición Canaria have registered the reform of the immigration law without waiting for the PP. The norm aims to estimulante ilegal up repatriations and control. But without systematic age tests, the bottleneck persists. The European Parliament has already warned that half of those declaring themselves minors in the Canary Islands are adults. Segarro rejects 92% of repatriations. The circle closes.
Labor integration that fails to arrive
Only 10% of the nearly 3,000 minors aged 16-17 with work permits in Spain are employed. Official data debunk triumphalism about labor integration. A hundred former wards protested against poor management of their benefits. The system promises integration, but the numbers say otherwise.
Failure in integration fuels the cycle: no work, unclear papers, no possible return. Those posing as minors seek resources, not employment. And the system, designed to protect children, ends up managing adults.
What remains unresolved
The question is not whether there are adults among those claiming to be minors. The question is how many, and why the system does not filter them. Aragon provides one data point: 95.8%. The Prosecutor's Office provides another: 55% of those tested are adults. The Canary Islands have a device in a box. Andalusia is overwhelmed. The Government denies the magnitude. Meanwhile, centers continue to fill with people who, in many cases, should not be there. The ball is in the court of immigration reform. If systematic tests are not applied, Aragon's 95.8% will be just the beginning.
How many who claim to be minors actually are? In Spain's Aragon region, the official answer is stark: 95.8% of immigrants who stated they were under age were not. The data, released by Okdiario, challenges the narrative that age determination tests are a guaranteed safeguard. The Public Prosecutor's Office acknowledges that only 45% of those subjected to tests are genuinely minors. This means more than half of those undergoing scans are adults. Meanwhile, the Canary Islands have an unused age measurement device sitting in a box for a month.
The issue is significant. Andalusia has received nearly 500 migrants disguised as adults in less than a year, according to the same sources, and the Government refuses to recognize the minority status of 454 of them. The European Parliament has discovered that half of those declaring themselves minors in the Canary Islands are adults. Segarro rejects 92% of repatriations. The system stalls at both ends: entry is uncontrolled, and exit is blocked when deception is uncovered.
The trap of age testing
The system relies on radiological tests to determine if someone is a minor. However, the Prosecutor's Office admits that only 45% of those tested are minors. The rest are adults posing as adolescents to access protection resources. This figure dismantles the idea that the filter works. In Aragon, 95.8% of those claiming to be minors were not. It is not a calculation error; it is a pattern.
Some argue that tests are applied sparingly to avoid abusa rights. This argument clashes with reality: the Canary Islands have an age determination device that has been in a box, unused, for a month. The machinery exists. The political will does not.
Collapse of reception centers
Andalusia has received nearly 500 migrants disguised as adults in less than a year. The region reports being "overwhelmed." The Government refuses to recognize the minority status of 454 of them, leaving them in administrative limbo: neither protected minors nor deportable adults. Meanwhile, centers for unaccompanied foreign minors continue to receive people who should not be there.
The situation repeats in other regions. Extremadura discovered it was receiving a 19-year-old listed as 17. Police believe the migrant who sensual assaulted a girl in Hortaleza is an adult. Another case: the alleged minor who assaulted a girl in Hortaleza was 23 years old. These are individual cases, but they outline a pattern.
Idle radar and unapplied law
Sánchez's Government keeps in a warehouse the SIVE radar purchased by the PP to detect mafia boats trafficking people to the Canary Islands. The anti-mafia radar in Lanzarote remains uninstalled despite the influx of pateras (small boats). The paradox is evident: equipment is bought, stored in a box, and the scale of the problem is denied.
Meanwhile, the Government and Coalición Canaria have registered the reform of the immigration law without waiting for the PP. The norm aims to estimulante ilegal up repatriations and control. But without systematic age tests, the bottleneck persists. The European Parliament has already warned that half of those declaring themselves minors in the Canary Islands are adults. Segarro rejects 92% of repatriations. The circle closes.
Labor integration that fails to arrive
Only 10% of the nearly 3,000 minors aged 16-17 with work permits in Spain are employed. Official data debunk triumphalism about labor integration. A hundred former wards protested against poor management of their benefits. The system promises integration, but the numbers say otherwise.
Failure in integration fuels the cycle: no work, unclear papers, no possible return. Those posing as minors seek resources, not employment. And the system, designed to protect children, ends up managing adults.
What remains unresolved
The question is not whether there are adults among those claiming to be minors. The question is how many, and why the system does not filter them. Aragon provides one data point: 95.8%. The Prosecutor's Office provides another: 55% of those tested are adults. The Canary Islands have a device in a box. Andalusia is overwhelmed. The Government denies the magnitude. Meanwhile, centers continue to fill with people who, in many cases, should not be there. The ball is in the court of immigration reform. If systematic tests are not applied, Aragon's 95.8% will be just the beginning.
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