Spain: Migrant Children at Risk in Government Facilities
- Publisher:
- Human Rights Watch
- Publication Date:
- 26 July 2007
- Tags:
- Senegal, Morocco, Human Rights, West Africa, Europe and Africa, Environment
In the past year, more than 900 unaccompanied migrant children have arrived in the Canary Islands after dangerous and often traumatic journeys in makeshift boats. In response to this unprecedented number of migrant children arriving on its shores, the Canary Islands regional authorities one year ago opened four emergency centers to house 400-500 migrant children, who are mainly boys from Senegal and Morocco.
