That was announced by the regional government’s vice presidents, Alejandro Nolasco and Mar Vaquero, following Monday’s extraordinary Cabinet meeting, which approved the legal action. The regional justice minister denounced what she called “a repetition of the Spanish Government’s pattern,” making decisions based solely on political criteria.
NOLASCO SAYS THE FIGURE IS "UNACCEPTABLE"
For his part, the regional minister for deregulation said that “this decree encourages illegal immigration, which is itself a crime, and benefits the mafias,” imposing a figure of minors that is “totally unacceptable and set in an entirely arbitrary manner,” since the capacity of Aragon’s various reception facilities has been exceeded since 2024.
The Government of Aragon is asking the Supreme Court in its legal challenge to temporarily suspend the decree until the case is resolved. According to Nolasco, the aim is to prevent it from serving as an “excuse” to “dump on the autonomous communities the wave of unaccompanied migrant minors arriving from the invasion of Ceuta.”
The vice president also argued that this action steps up their legal battle against “the shameful policies of Sanchismo to promote illegal immigration and to lamentably instrumentalize minors.” “We will not stand idly by in the face of the Sánchez government’s illegality,” he stated.
Among the various objections is the fact that a matter reserved for an organic law is being regulated through a royal decree, since it affects fundamental rights and public freedoms, including the right to dignity and the free development of one’s personality. Nolasco added that it “tramples on the principle of equality among the autonomous communities.”
