Dávila's decision comes after it was revealed that the Ministry of Youth and Childhood planned to inform autonomous communities about the minimum number of places they must have available to accommodate unaccompanied migrant minors. The Madrid minister interprets this summons as an attempt by the central Executive to maintain an extraordinary relocation system that, according to the regional Government, no longer has legal validity.
“"The Community of Madrid will not participate in Pedro Sánchez's reckless migration policy. For consistency and respect for legality, today I will not attend the childhood and adolescence sectoral conference convened illegally."
The Madrid official has harshly criticized the model proposed by the Government, arguing that it intends to continue distributing minors “as if they were packages and against their will.” For Dávila, this practice is “inhumane” and violates both regional competencies and the dignity of those affected.
Dávila maintains that the meeting lacks legitimacy because, according to her account, it was rejected by the majority of autonomous communities in the previous sectoral commission. Furthermore, she believes that the decree supporting the extraordinary transfers of minors has expired, a regulation that the Community of Madrid has challenged in court.
This stance intensifies the conflict between Isabel Díaz Ayuso's Executive and Pedro Sánchez's Government on migration issues. Recently, the Ministry of Family, Youth and Social Affairs had already communicated to the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Function its refusal to accept new transfers of unaccompanied migrant minors without clear legal coverage.
