# Why Spain legally can't send underage migrants from Ceuta back to Morocco

https://mins.news/en/video/21622

- DW News, 2026-08-13 20:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dujSVXDVmQ

> Spain says unaccompanied minors cannot simply be returned across the border, despite Morocco’s demand that they go back. Hundreds of underage migrants remain in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta after crossing from Morocco in late July, while Moroccan forces tighten border security amid fears of another mass entry attempt.

## Stories

- [Ceuta Mass Migration and Border Controls](https://mins.news/en/topic/ceuta-mass-migration-crisis) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/ceuta-mass-migration-crisis.md

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