Migrant Women Tell of Sexual Harassment in Spain’s Crisis-Hit Ceuta
Spain said 15 sexual assaults have been reported since the July 30 migrant surge, as women and girls sleep outside an overcrowded center.
- On Tuesday, female migrants in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta reported sexual harassment and assault while sleeping rough outside a government reception center near El Trampolin, which exceeds its capacity by 200 people.
- Between 5,000 and 8,000 migrants remain in Ceuta more than two weeks after 72,000 people crossed from Morocco in a deadly border surge. Police and social services are scrambling to expand limited reception facilities.
- Spain's largest police union, SUP, reported 15 sexual assaults since July 30, the significant majority involving underage victims. Migrant Dikra Tetouan said, "We try to protect ourselves by screaming so that people gather around us."
- Migration and Social Security Minister Elma Saiz said authorities are distributing 4,000 daily meals and setting up temporary centers with 1,500 additional places. Health Minister Monica Garcia confirmed medical services treated five women for sexual violence.
- Human rights groups including Amnesty International and the PorCausa Foundation warn of extreme vulnerability in overcrowded spaces. Director-general Lucila Rodriguez-Alarcon stated, "When large volumes of displaced persons are together in overcrowded spaces, these situations of sexual violence arise.
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Migrant women describe fears of sexual violence in Spain’s Ceuta
Some women who entered Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on July 30 as part of a mass migrant crossing say the hardships of sleeping rough as they wait to be registered are compounded by the threat and fear of sexual harassment. More than a dozen women have set up camp on a wooded roadside running up to the barbed wire fencing that surrounds the government-run migrant reception centre, near the urban beach of El Trampolin. The facility is…
Desperate Struggles in Ceuta: Migrant Women Brave Harassment Amid Crisis
In Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, migrant women face dire conditions and harassment as they await registration. With overcrowded facilities, many sleep rough, vulnerable to sexual violence. Authorities struggle to provide adequate shelter, as calls for safety and support measures from various organizations grow louder.
Migrant women tell of sexual harassment in Spain’s crisis-hit Ceuta
By Maria Alejandra Cardona and David Latona CEUTA, Spain, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Some women who entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on July 30 as part of a mass migrant crossing say the hardships of sleeping rough as they wait to be registered a...
Migrant women tell of sexual harassment in Spain's crisis-hit Ceuta
CEUTA, Spain, Aug 18 - Some women who entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on July 30 as part of a mass migrant crossing say the hardships of sleeping rough as they wait to be registered are compounded by the threat and fear of sexual harassment. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The CGPJ has called for reinforcements for the Court of Instance and on-call services, as well as in the court on violence against women.
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