Spain: Moroccan children repelled
01 November 1993
Ten Moroccan children who stowed away and landed in Spain were prevented from claiming asylum and sent back to Morocco by deception, anti-racist groups claim. The ten children were at first prevented from landing, but then were admitted only to be detained immediately by the Spanish authorities. In response to queries from church and union groups, the authorities claimed that the ten were merely mischievous children whose parents had been in contact, were worried about them and wanted them to come home. The ten were duly shipped back to Morocco, where no parents were waiting for them. The children were instead questioned for a day by Moroccan officials and were then detained in a juvenile detention centre.
IRR European Race Audit No 7, December 1993.