Court Orders Closure of Canary Islands Migrant Centre

The pilot court of violence against children and adolescents of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has ordered the detention of nine of its workers on Monday, in addition to agreeing to the closure and judicial seal of facilities for unaccompanied migrant minors. The centre, Fortaleza I, is managed by the NGO Quorum Social 77, as explained by the High Court of Justice of the archipelago. These proceedings have resulted in the imputation of the nine work…

Court Orders Closure of Canary Islands Migrant Centre

A centre near Las Palmas housing unaccompanied migrant children faces closure following a court ruling, it was announced on Tuesday, May 20th.The Canary Islands court argued it was convinced that physical abuse, hate crimes, and threats were all widespread on and around the premises. This prompted a police raid based on ‘extensive evidence and testimony’ of alleged crimes, some presumably committed against some of the 43 minors housed there.At l…

HírTV was reported by Brigitta Tóth, from Murcia.

The Canarian Police has arrested nine employees of the La Fortaleza I centre in Gran Canaria, closed this Monday following a court order. Arrests occur for alleged crimes of ill-treatment, threats and violation of the moral integrity of migrant minors under guardianship. The investigation remains open, and the court specializing in violence against children maintains the secrecy of the case. The authorities have ordered the protection of the min…

Canary Islands Migrant Detention Center Shut Down Over Abuse

Nine staff members at a youth center in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, arrested for abuse residents. By Diego Gastelum Canary Islands, Spain — Pan-African activist and human rights defender Diallo Ablaye has announced a major development in the fight for the rights of African migrants in the Canary Islands. In a public statement, Ablaye revealed that after years of denouncing abuse and persistent abuse, local authorities have intervened in a landma…

The Canadian police arrested nine officials from the reception centre of migrant minors in Gran Canaria, which was closed today due to suspicion of crimes of injury, threats and crimes against moral integrity. The regional police is from this morning in the centre of Santa Brigida, known as La Fortaleza I, in search of evidence related to an open investigation by the Tribunal for Violence against Children and Adolescents of Las Palmas de Gran Ca…