A Month After Migrants Surged Into Ceuta, Thousands of Kids Are Still Stranded on the Streets
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A month after migrants surged into Ceuta, thousands of kids are still stranded on the streets
Ikram, 17, left the Moroccan border town of Fnideq at the end of July, when an estimated 80,000 Moroccans and migrants from countries further south travelled travelled to the northern border city, hoping to cross into Ceuta. For a brief period, Ikram felt relief in the Spanish enclave. But she is now homeless.
Although most migrants returned voluntarily to the neighbouring country in the following days, approximately 5,000 people remain in the enclave
In Ceuta, Spain, while locals are protesting against Moroccan immigrants, another issue is now emerging that is making their concerns even more clear. Sexual harassment is becoming a frequent occurrence there.
In Ceuta, Spain, on the African coast, there have been 23 reported sexual assaults on female immigrants, some of them minors, since the end of July. Critics say Spanish authorities are failing to protect them in a timely manner, even though protection should take precedence over questions of origin for children. A month into the migrant crisis, and despite the vast majority of migrants having returned to Morocco, hundreds of girls remain in Ceut…
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