This position was conveyed by the Minister of Social Affairs, Family and Youth, Ana Dávila, in a letter addressed to the Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, as reported by Europa Press. The decision is based on the fact that Royal Decree-Law 2/2025, which supported these transfers, has become legally ineffective after the one-year period from its approval on March 18, 2025, expired.

The central government has defended the continuity of this system, which since September 1, 2025, has relocated approximately 1,800 minors from the Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla. However, the Community of Madrid describes as “striking” the attempt to prolong an extraordinary mechanism that, in its view, no longer has legal backing.

Dávila has affirmed that the Community of Madrid has “scrupulously” complied with its obligations and warned that it will not undertake actions without regulatory support. Any attempt at new transfers outside the foreseen procedures will be considered “contrary to law”.

The minister also criticized the application of the royal decree, noting that it has ignored coordination with protection entities, individualized assessment of each minor, and their will. She denounced cases of sibling separation and transfers of young people with jobs and reference families, which has led them to situations of vulnerability.

Finally, Dávila urged Minister Torres to cease attempts to promote any initiative that seeks to maintain this extraordinary system outside the legal framework, warning that, otherwise, the Community of Madrid will undertake “all necessary legal actions in defense of its competencies and current legality”.