Hundreds of Minors Sleep Rough in Ceuta Migrant Crisis
Spanish authorities returned most adult arrivals to Morocco as unaccompanied minors remained in a disused industrial park, AFP reported.
- In Ceuta on Saturday, hundreds of unaccompanied minors slept outdoors in a disused industrial park after swimming from Morocco during an unprecedented migrant surge.
- Head of local government Juan Jesus Vivas estimated around 60,000 migrants arrived this week, while the Spanish interior ministry put the figure at 50,000; Vivas declared a "total humanitarian and social emergency" on Thursday.
- Teenagers wandering between abandoned warehouses reported hardly eating for four days, while migrants described a "catastrophic lack of hygiene-- smells, rubbish" at the site.
- Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska noted at least 67 people died attempting the swim; Article 35 of Spain's law mandates "immediate attention" for minors, yet authorities did not respond to requests for comment on Saturday.
- Most arrivals have been returned to Morocco, though crowds of youths linger hoping to reach mainland Europe; a 14-year-old migrant said he came alone seeking work in Spain to escape poverty.
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Despite the relaxation after the mass rush on Ceuta, according to the local authorities, thousands of migrants are still to endure in the Spanish exclave. Spain correspondent Miguel Gutiérrez Posada reports.
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Hundreds of unaccompanied minors spend their nights at the beautiful star in an industrial wasteland in Ceuta.
The situation of unaccompanied minors was worrying in Ceuta, where many remained in makeshift spaces after crossing from Morocco.
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Hundreds of minors sleep rough in Ceuta migrant crisis
Wandering in the heat between the red and yellow walls of abandoned warehouses, teenagers approached and said they had hardly eaten for four days. They were among tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Cueta, most swimming around the small border post that juts into the Mediterranean Sea, in an unprecedented surge that triggered an international crisis for Spain. Most of those arrivals have been sent back to Morocco but crowds of the you…
DECRYPTAGE - After the massive arrival by the sea of Moroccan migrants in the enclave, most have already left. Among those who did not take the way back, many young men and adolescents.
The Minister of Family, Youth and Social Affairs of the Community of Madrid, Ana Dávila, has assured that the Regional Executive will not assume the arrival of more unaccompanied foreign minors until the central government, in her opinion, resolves the problem of immigration control. During an interview in Telemadrid, Dávila stated that the Government of Spain has not contacted the Community of Madrid to address the situation generated by the pr…
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