National Police One was detected in Alicante wave of abandonment at least in the last few months 15 Maghreb children By their own parents who traveled to Spain from Algeria and Morocco as tourists and left their children near shelters or police stations to gain access to safety. advantageous legal status and as sources close to the case explained to this newspaper, the Administration deals with these people as unaccompanied alien minors (menas). Parents often return to their home countries undiscovered after dropping off their children, but at least Five parents arrested He has been considered by police in Alicante as the alleged perpetrator of an incident since last September. the crime of abandoning minors.
The investigation into this abandonment of minors is being carried out by Group III agents of the Anti-Illegal Migration Networks and Documentary Lies Unit (UCRIF) of the Alicante Provincial Police Station and remains open, so new arrests are not ruled out.
The Alicante Provincial Immigration and Border Brigade is in regular contact with the different reception and accommodation centers for minors, and through this the National Police has become aware of the increase in the arrival of unaccompanied foreign minors, who have come to the attention of the staff for not complying with the rules. profile of the majority of menas entering these centres.
in good conditions
Thus, the police learned that these minors arrived in very good conditions, both hygienically and psychologically. they carried spare clothes Some minors were even carrying money among their belongings, which is not uncommon for unaccompanied alien minors.
Researchers interviewed Responsible for reception centers for minors in Alicante and they confirmed that minors did not arrive on boats, as is often the case. They learned that, with their parents’ consent, they could enter the national territory accompanied by their own parents, with the intention of remaining in Spain. The first clue was given last July. A 16-year-old boy who admitted to traveling with his mother and two sisters.
The purpose of this abandonment of parents is for their minor children to attain an advantageous legal status and He is under the protection of the Spanish Administration until he comes of age.. Abandoned to places where they knew they would be cared for, the parents fled Spain, leaving the minors in a desperate situation.
UCRIF agents launched an investigation, which included taking statements from 15 minors who arrived in Alicante under these circumstances in recent months; several brothers.
Check-in as a tourist
The police tried to find out how these minors entered national territory in order to identify and locate their parents, and thus discovered that all of the juveniles had entered Spain as tourists. from Morocco and Algeria. In all cases, they traveled accompanied by parents and family members with visas, but the minors no longer returned to their country of origin.
Representatives confirmed that some of the parents responsible for the minors were still in Alicante, but the majority were already in Alicante. returned to their country of origin on boats connecting the province Algeria and the peninsula with Morocco.
Before leaving Alicante, the police managed to find five of the parents of these children and began arresting them on different days as alleged perpetrators of the crime of child abandonment. prisoners Two men and three women between the ages of 37 and 53 While all of the Algerian and Moroccan nationals were brought to justice in Alicante, 5 of the 15 minors were handed over to their families.