According to the source, the number of foreign minors who lived in foster family care in Spain exceeded two thousand, of which 504 were in Catalonia and 485 in the Community of Madrid.
The source defines family care as the situation where the minor is allocated to a person or nuclear family to being taken care of. The family and the State Administration share the protection functions for the child.
There was no data available for the Canary Islands.
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Observatorio de la Infancia. (November 4, 2021). Number of foreign minors living in foster families in Spain in 2020, by autonomous community [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030281/foreign-minors-in-foster-families-by-region-in-spain/
Observatorio de la Infancia. "Number of foreign minors living in foster families in Spain in 2020, by autonomous community." Chart. November 4, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030281/foreign-minors-in-foster-families-by-region-in-spain/
Observatorio de la Infancia. (2021). Number of foreign minors living in foster families in Spain in 2020, by autonomous community. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030281/foreign-minors-in-foster-families-by-region-in-spain/
Observatorio de la Infancia. "Number of Foreign Minors Living in Foster Families in Spain in 2020, by Autonomous Community." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030281/foreign-minors-in-foster-families-by-region-in-spain/
Observatorio de la Infancia, Number of foreign minors living in foster families in Spain in 2020, by autonomous community Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030281/foreign-minors-in-foster-families-by-region-in-spain/ (last visited June 28, 2025)
Number of foreign minors living in foster families in Spain in 2020, by autonomous community [Graph], Observatorio de la Infancia, November 4, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1030281/foreign-minors-in-foster-families-by-region-in-spain/
