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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Immigrants in Ceuta, Spain, lot beach with improvised tents Women who arrived at the Spanish enclave in Ceuta, North Africa, after the mass entry of immigrants, say they are facing threats and sexual harassment while sleeping outdoors waiting for the authorities. More than a dozen of them set up an improvised camp in a treed area near the fence that protects a reception center run by the Spanish government. The site is close to the urban beach o…
Women are fleeing Ceuta, Spain, after 15 rapes recorded since the...
10-year-old sexually assaulted by 3 Moroccans The Spanish Civil Guard has now confirmed there have been 15 rapes in Ceuta since the mass migrant invasion at the end of July, which has continued to shake Europe. In response, women are now reportedly fleeing the city in greater numbers as sexual violence spreads and scenes from the city portray a government unable to contain the growing chaos on the beaches and streets. The latest rape reportedly …
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