Epidemiologists Call for Safe Environments to Protect Migrant Women and Girls From Sexual Violence in Ceuta
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Warnings about the consequences of the Ceuta migration crisis continue to mount, once again highlighting one of its most sensitive aspects: alleged sexual assaults. After cases involving primarily girls and teenagers came to light in the first few weeks, the Spanish Society of Epidemiology (SEE) issued a new alert this Thursday, pointing to a reality that is even more difficult to quantify: what is happening to adult migrant women. Read more
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The risk of aggression is added to that of outbreaks of gastroenteritis, scabies, impetigo or tuberculosis
The young migrant women interviewed on the spot reported that they lived in fear of the attacks. The main Spanish police union claimed that 15 sexual assaults had been recorded since 30 July.
Vox has denounced to the Prosecutor's Office the sexual assaults recorded in Ceuta of the immigrants of the invasion, and asks that they be investigated jointly for crime against the physical and mental integrity of the people and against humanity. It demands a unique and clean recount of the cases and the cross-checking of the ... Continue reading "VOX denounces to the Prosecutor's Office the sexual assaults recorded in Ceuta of the immigrants …
Although the Spanish government has so far strongly refused to accept the migrants who flooded Ceuta at the end of July, it is now backing down. It plans to move up to 500 children, mainly girls, from the exclave to mainland Spain. Moreover, it is women who are facing sexual assault in Ceuta. However, according to representatives of the European Commission, the move is contrary to European law.
The massive border crossing of thousands of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta is leaving its mark. Women who made the crossing say that they not only have to survive on the streets but are also afraid of sexual harassment and violence by men from the same migration stream. Following the massive influx into Ceuta, thousands of migrants are still present in the Spanish enclave. Many sleep outdoors, on beaches, in wooded verges, or near th…
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