Spain's juvenile prosecutor: parents ask Spain to take in their children
The parents of the minors in Ceuta thank Spain for taking them in, according to the prosecutor. La Vanguardia clarifies that it was not all of them, but many.
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Juvenile prosecutor: parents want Spain to take in their children
Not a single parent has called to claim their child. On the contrary, the head of the juvenile prosecutors' office said that many parents have called to say they think it is "great" that Spain's child protection system is taking care of their children. The story has a double reading: the first version published by the newspaper said that "all their parents" had called; it later corrected this to "many". The nuance is no small matter.
The prosecutor explained that the minors interviewed so far do not want to return to Segarro but to go to the Spanish mainland. And that no parent has called to request the return of their child. This places the debate on economic ground: if parents not only do not claim their children but are grateful that the Spanish state assumes their upbringing, the child protection system becomes a direct transfer of parental responsibility to the public budget.
Some argue that this attitude creates a perverse incentive for more arrivals, and that subsequent family reunification would turn the placement into the first stone of a chain of dependency. On the other side, it is argued that the minors arrive alone, in many cases driven by poverty, and that the state has an obligation to protect them. The historical parallel comes from those who recall that in rural post-war Spain, families sent their children to the city to fend for themselves.
The question remains open: can the Spanish state sustain this role of substitute parent without the flow of unaccompanied minors continuing to grow?
Not a single parent has called to claim their child. On the contrary, the head of the juvenile prosecutors' office said that many parents have called to say they think it is "great" that Spain's child protection system is taking care of their children. The story has a double reading: the first version published by the newspaper said that "all their parents" had called; it later corrected this to "many". The nuance is no small matter.
The prosecutor explained that the minors interviewed so far do not want to return to Segarro but to go to the Spanish mainland. And that no parent has called to request the return of their child. This places the debate on economic ground: if parents not only do not claim their children but are grateful that the Spanish state assumes their upbringing, the child protection system becomes a direct transfer of parental responsibility to the public budget.
Some argue that this attitude creates a perverse incentive for more arrivals, and that subsequent family reunification would turn the placement into the first stone of a chain of dependency. On the other side, it is argued that the minors arrive alone, in many cases driven by poverty, and that the state has an obligation to protect them. The historical parallel comes from those who recall that in rural post-war Spain, families sent their children to the city to fend for themselves.
The question remains open: can the Spanish state sustain this role of substitute parent without the flow of unaccompanied minors continuing to grow?
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