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16/08/2021
ES: The Administrative Court of Ceuta ordered the temporary cessation of removals of unaccompanied minors to Morocco

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Source
Other Source/Information
Type
Order
Relevant Legislative Provisions
National law only (in case there is no reference to EU law/ECHR)
Reference
Spain, Administrative Courts [Juzgados de lo Contencioso-Administrativo], Asociacion Barrios para el Seguimiento de Menores y Jovenes and Fundacion Raices v Government Delegation in Ceuta (Delegacion del Gobierno de Ceuta), No 0000137/2021, 16 August 2021. Link redirects to the English summary in the EUAA Case Law Database.
Permanent link to the case
https://caselaw.euaa.europa.eu/pages/viewcaselaw.aspx?CaseLawID=1914
Case history
Other information
Abstract

The Court adopted an urgent precautionary measure and ordered the cessation of the removals to Morocco with regard to nine unaccompanied minors. The Court recalled that the Spanish legislation requires, for the repatriation of unaccompanied minors, an individual administrative file to be opened, file that would include essential data, such as information related to the minor's parents and their family and social circumstances in their country of origin. Likewise, the notification of the initiation of the procedure should be sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office and to the authority responsable for their guardianship, in order for the later to make the appropriate allegations within 10 days (art. 192 of RD 55/2011), if necessary. In absence of all these procedures and safeguards, the Court considered it sufficient to order the interim measure and temporarily stopped the removals.


Country of Decision
Spain
Court Name
ES: Administrative Courts [Juzgados de lo Contencioso-Administrativo]
Case Number
No 0000137/2021
Date of Decision
16/08/2021
Country of Origin
Keywords
Guardianship
Minor / Best interests of the child
Return/Removal/Deportation
Unaccompanied minors
Vulnerable Group