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Jennifer Zuppiroli, spokesperson for Save the Children, highlights the opportunity to incorporate an adequate focus on boys and girls and ensure a boost to the system of distribution of minors between autonomous communities. Last year 2023, the number of migrants who arrived in Spain increased by 82.1%, going from 31,219 in 2022 to 56,852 in 2023, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior echoed in the latest Save The Children report. . Of this total, indicates Jennifer Zuppiroli, spokesperson for the organization, 5,151 have been boys and girls under 18 years of age, which translates into 116.8% more than the previous year. In 2022, the number was 2,375, and both in that year and in 2023, the vast majority were boys, although in recent months there has been an increase in the arrival of girls.
Canary Islands, in the lead The autonomous community of the Canary Islands was the one that received the most migrants, which also registered a greater flow of children and adolescents compared to previous years (2,274 as of October 6, 2023 compared to 1,713 in 2022, according to Government data Canary). Maritime arrivals to the Balearic Islands, the Peninsula and Melilla increased, but Europe Mobile Number List decreased in Ceuta and the number of land arrivals to Melilla and Ceuta was reduced. One of the reasons why this growth in arrivals to the Canary Islands has been seen is because of the critical situation in the Maghreb and other nearby countries such as Senegal, explains Zuppiroli. Senegal is experiencing a social and political crisis that has led to riots and clashes, and which may be one of the reasons why thousands of people migrated in October. The archipelago received almost 15,000 migrants that month.
Added to the political causes are food instability and the climate crisis, which generates more and more migrations. Globally, the United Nations estimates that every year 20 million people leave their homes due to extreme weather events, such as prolonged drought, torrential rains, desertification, etc. 51 minors dead At the end of December, the death of a child and an 18-year-old young man due to cold in a canoe rescued in the Canary Islands was announced. With them, the number of total deaths of adults and children in 2023 on the way to Spain - both the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean route - amounts to 1,411, according to the International Organization for Migration. The number of children and adolescents who have died on their migratory route would be at least 51 deaths. The International Organization for Migration recognizes that there could be many more deaths during their migratory journey. Save the Children details that these are minors fleeing countries at war, hostile environments or the lack of opportunities in their countries of origin. The organization requests, in addition to this coordination between communities and the creation of a protocol, more places and financing for children and adolescents who will soon be of age.
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