Spain seeks help to relocate children from Ceuta migrant crisis

Moroccan minors queue at a facility prepared for them to rest and have food, after thousands of migrants swam across the Spanish-Moroccan border, in Ceuta, Spain, May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

CEUTA/MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's government pleaded with mainland regions on Wednesday to relieve crammed reception centres for minors in the North African enclave of Ceuta where some 1,500 children and teenagers crossed this week from Morocco.

A source familiar with the talks said the Social Rights Ministry had held an emergency meeting on the issue where it asked regional authorities to accept hundreds of unaccompanied minors who had arrived before the latest surge.