street kids in melilla

en castellano abajo/ Spanish below

these are the banners in memory of Oussama who died here when he fell from the cliff trying to 'jump a boat' to Europe, the 'Prodein' kids rights group were fined 1500 euros for the action. — these are the banners in memory of a child, Oussama, who died here when he fell from the cliff trying to ‘jump a boat’ to Europe, the ‘Prodein’ kids rights group **were fined 1500 euros** for this action to honour him.

Melilla and Ceuta are Spanish enclaves in Morrocco, remnants of colonialism, like Gibraltar in Spain. As well as the 1000’s of adults impaled or trapped on the 5 metre fences some children manage to slip through into Europe’s shameful fortress. The group Prodein is trying to help them.

PRODEIN statement against repression in Melilla

About 60 children live in the streets of Melilla hoping to catch the boat to take them to Europe, where they believe that a better future awaits them. Unaccompanied Alien Minors (MENA) are subjected every day to different types of violence that violate their rights and undermine their dignity and destroy their ‘childhood’. Continue reading “street children in Melilla: stop the repression!”