Around 200 unaccompanied Moroccan children are to be transferred from the Spanish enclave Ceuta in North Africa to mainland Spain. Spain's social rights minister, Ione Belarra, announced Tuesday that regional authorities in Spain have agreed to house nearly 200 children from the enclave of Ceuta in North Africa. Also read: Ceuta: Unaccompanied minors stranded in Spanish enclaveThe director of the charity Caritas in Ceuta, Manuel Gestal, said some were also hiding in the woods. Following the mass border crossing at Ceuta, Spain accused Morocco of "blackmail". It says Rabat loosened controls at the Ceuta border in retaliation against Spain for providing hospital treatment to Western Sahara independence leader Brahim Ghali.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 26, 2021 11:37 UTC