Despite challenges in managing mixed migration Spain should guarantee effective access to asylum also in Melilla and Ceuta

While the Special Representative praises the reception conditions for refugees and asylum-seekers in mainland Spain and the support offered by the authorities to learning Spanish language, he points out that the reception facilities in Melilla and Ceuta, including those for unaccompanied children, are overcrowded. Dozens of unaccompanied children in Melilla and Ceuta have fallen out of the protection system, living in the streets and trying to get on board of ferries heading to mainland. More...