World Refugee Day
Yes, we are dealing with a refugee crisis, but the crisis is about the blatant abandonment of human life.
- Jun 14
World Day Against Child Labor
Yesterday, June 12th, was the World Day Against Child Labor, an unfortunate reality in the city of Melilla.
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- May 16
The Melilla border
After two years closed, the land border between Spain and Morocco is about to reopen.
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- May 11
MELILLA, ONE MONTH LATER
WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF ALMOST 900 PEOPLE AFTER THE JUMPS FROM MELILLA’S TRIPLE FENCE?
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- Feb 21
Melilla: the absence of an integration model
Just a month ago, the CIDOB (Centre for International Relations of Barcelona) within the REGIN programme (Regions for the Integration of...
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- Jan 20
People of Moroccan origin have the denial of acces to the CETI
Discrimination against people on the move of Moroccan origin is notorious and in no way justified by law.
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- Oct 30, 2021
Update from Melilla 30/10/2021
An update from our team in #Melilla (Spain): over the last two weeks, we have continued to carry out our project of social intervention...
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- Oct 27, 2021
Have you read our report? || Update on developments in Melilla
Considering the impacts of the episodes of extreme border violence during May 2021 and placing this in a historical context of illegal...
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- Oct 2, 2021
The Criminalisation of Solidarity: the biggest obstacle for human rights activists
Cuando actúas en terreno y trabajas en defensa de los derechos, acabas descubriendo que la violencia, la intimidación, y la presión social..
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- Sep 3, 2021
THE ITCH OF HELPLESSNESS
“Me llamo Rachid y tengo 19 años. Recuerdo esa noche - antes de despertar aquella mañana-, soñaba que estaba de nuevo en mi casa de Marrueco
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- Aug 28, 2021
Welcoming people fleeing their countries
¿Será que la vida de todas las personas no vale lo mismo? ¿Será que algunas merecen más que otras ser escuchadas y acogidas con dignidad?
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- Aug 13, 2021
To describe the undescribable
"This is my stress, this is my life, this is who I am," said Mohammed as he described his painting. He had not hesitated for a second to...
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- Jul 30, 2021
International Day against Human Trafficking
Según el Informe Mundial de la Trata de Personas de 2020, de cada 10 víctimas detectadas a nivel mundial, unas 5 son mujeres y 2 niñas
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- Jul 9, 2021
ASYLUM SEEKERS WITHOUT PASSPORT: new blockage to freedom of movement in Melilla
In order to access international protection in Melilla, there are numerous obstacles, many of them at the administrative and/or police level
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- Jun 16, 2021
June 16. International Day of the African Child
Omar is 8 years old.
He’s not even 1,5 meter and already has risked his life several times, aspiring a life with dignity.
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- Apr 28, 2021
The dreaded 18th birthday
Si hubiese cumplido con su documentación tramitada conforme a la ley, los 18 de Salah no habrían sido amargos sino una celebración.
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- Mar 26, 2021
BATTLES WON
¿Qué hacías cuando tenías dieciocho años? Bilal ha pasado un año y medio esperando. Sí, esperando y nada más.
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- Mar 24, 2021
1st LEGAL TRAINING: MINORS UNDER STATE PROTECTION "When the legal part ends, the human part begins"
The objective of this first training session of 2021 from the legal team was on learning about the legal development framework and the...
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- Mar 19, 2021
Cross-border woman, Fany's testimony
Ceuta y Melilla forman las únicas fronteras terrestres de Europa con el continente africano. Hoy queremos llamar la atención sobre Ceuta..
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- Mar 8, 2021
Women, Borders and Trajectories of Justice
Una recopilación de algunas de las formas que eligió Solidary Wheels para celebrar el 8M 2021. Feministas Contra Fronteras!
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- Mar 7, 2021
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Intersectional feminism, the draft trans rights law in Spain, and building a more inclusive world for trans migrants
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- Mar 1, 2021
JOURNALISM WITHOUT ASKING WHY ISN'T JOURNALISM!
What-Who-When-Why-How...leaving out the 6th “W” word means leaving out crucial information:
¿Por qué?
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- Feb 18, 2021
RIGHTS THAT DISAPPEAR IN A SINGLE DAY: IMPLICATIONS OF A SYSTEM WITHOUT LOGIC OR HUMANITY
The day after your 18th birthday in Melilla is the day you start living on the streets, and living on the streets means being invisible...
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- Feb 15, 2021
System of violence in Europe, the daily life in Melilla.
Violence often occurs in or around the port, where some young people we work with do “risky”.
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- Feb 9, 2021
SOUTHERN BORDER PROJECT: REASONS TO BE.TO BE SIDE BY SIDE TO ACCOMPANY - IN FRONT TO WATCH OVER.
We often observe how our presence on the ground as “third party witnesses” disturbs public servants and police officers...
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- Jan 28, 2021
Dignified reception ... and Olé!
You may have read in previous posts about "Plaza de Toros" and probably asked yourselves: “the bull ring? Yes, it is not a way of speaking.
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- Jan 22, 2021
The New Pact on Migration and Asylum, for and by the European Union (Part 2)
A perspective on the possible impact of its application on the migratory realities of Melilla
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- Jan 21, 2021
The New Pact on Migration and Asylum, for and by the European Union (Part 1)
A perspective on the possible impact of its application on the migratory realities of Melilla.
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- Jan 13, 2021
13th January - INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DEPRESSION
All of us, at some point in our lives, have experienced feelings of sadness, melancholy, apathy, despair or hopelessness.
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- Dec 31, 2020
2020
In January 2020 we arrived in Melilla. At that time, we could not imagine, all that this year would give us, and all that it would take away
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- Dec 20, 2020
DECEMBER 20th, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN SOLIDARITY DAY
The most ferocious and competitive species do not survive. Those who cooperate with each other do.Gana la solidaridad y el apoyo mutuo.
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- Dec 18, 2020
18 DECEMBER - INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY
On the International Day of Migrant, we are betting on the most inspiring and optimistic view.
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- Dec 5, 2020
"Many small people, in small places, doing small things, can change the world"
We need to volunteer in a way that helps us, through horizontal and empathetic relationships with other people, to evolve as human beings.
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- Nov 25, 2020
#NoMoreGenderBasedViolence: In their place of origin. During their journey. At their destination.
Because it's violent and unfair. Because it subdues and corners. Because we want us free, rather than brave. We want us healthy and alive.
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- Nov 20, 2020
FOR THE RIGHT TO A CHILDHOOD
"The Law on Foreigners is always applied to them before the Law on Minors, forgetting that first they are children, before being foreigners"
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- Nov 19, 2020
Swimming - for lack of other options
His mother lives in Barcelona. But that does not give him the right to migrate safely. Whether he has documents or not.
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- Nov 17, 2020
SMALL VICTORIES
Silence. Backpack. Folder, while he holds his breath waiting for the police to check that his documentation is in order.
And it is.
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- Nov 16, 2020
Tolerance is not concession, condescension or indulgence
Tolerance implies respect and an active fight for human rights and, there, is where Melilla shows its worse side.
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- Oct 23, 2020
Moroccan rural woman: Strong, optimistic, supportive
Poetic conversation about the two shores that unite us.
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- Oct 17, 2020
Ending Statelessness, critical to eradicating poverty
Immigrants have to face every day their fight against aporophobia; the rejection and even hatred towards the poor and the helpless.
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- Oct 11, 2020
There is something worse than being a child in an irregular situation in Melilla. Being a girl child
They walk alone, and the absence of close adult references or protection figures makes them highly vulnerable.
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- Oct 10, 2020
Mental health and migration
The mental health of minors who migrate, who are vulnerable or live on the streets, is fully overlooked and care is practically non-existent
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- Sep 21, 2020
International Day of Peace: Who profits from the discourse of fear in migration control?
As long as Spain continues to encourage the discourse of fear in order to promote securitisation, the right to peace will never be possible.
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- Sep 20, 2020
REGISTRATION IN MELILLA: ONE YEAR SINCE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE OMBUDSMAN ON CENSUS REGISTRATION
It's been a year since the Ombudsman recommended that Melilla must register citizens who live there, regardless of the property they live in
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- Sep 8, 2020
PRISONERS OF TIME
The street children always consider the passage of time: the time they have been in Melilla, the time locked up, the time until they can go
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- Sep 2, 2020
RISKY
About the practice of "risky" or how Abdulah and so many Harraga children in Melilla challenge danger.
AND LOSE.
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- Aug 26, 2020
Melilla - Without health guarantees and with protests
Inside the reception centers in Melilla social distancing is impossible due to overcrowding and the conditions of facilities are unsanitary
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- Aug 20, 2020
The attempts to jump the fence: The tip of an iceberg loaded with cruelty
We denounce the usual cruelty of border policies and the violence against people on the move as well as the institutional racism.
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- Aug 20, 2020
AMAZIGH: THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE OF MELILLA
The Amazigh, a rebellious people with a culture of their own and who deserve, like any people in this world, respect to flourish freely.
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