{"id":1682,"date":"2026-08-03T21:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianewscast.com\/2026\/08\/03\/hundreds-of-migrant-minors-stranded-in-ceuta-after-border-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:00:05","slug":"hundreds-of-migrant-minors-stranded-in-ceuta-after-border-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=1682","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of migrant minors stranded in Ceuta after border crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of unaccompanied minors are stranded in Ceuta in North Africa, following the massive surge of migrants who swam around the border fence with Morocco to reach the Spanish territory.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the children are traumatised after witnessing family members drown in the Mediterranean Sea, as tens of thousands left Morocco in search of better opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 migrants, of the roughly 60,000 who arrived in Ceuta on Thursday, have avoided expulsion.<\/p>\n<p>More than 800 unaccompanied minors are among the remaining migrants and face an uncertain future.<\/p>\n<p>A 17-year-old girl from Tangier told the Associated Press she saw Spanish police pulling the body of her eight-year-old brother from the sea when she made it to shore. She was also separated from her mother during the journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw people stepping on the dead,\u201d she said through a translator. \u201cNow we are children begging on the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After finding a government facility for youths in need full, she is now relying on locals for food and shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish law says adult migrants can apply for asylum, but the bar is normally set very high for Moroccans to be granted humanitarian protection. If rejected, they will face expulsion procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Article 35 of Spain\u2019s 2000 law on foreigners\u2019 rights states that when police identify young children and teenage migrants who are unaccompanied by adults, the minors must be granted protection and receive \u201cimmediate attention\u2019 from Spanish child protection services.<\/p>\n<p>An AP journalist saw Spanish soldiers escorting an unaccompanied Moroccan boy who was crying and begging not to be sent back. Due to pressure from local residents who insisted he was a minor, the boy was transferred to the Spanish Civil Guard instead of being repatriated.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the Moroccan adults who arrived last week have either voluntarily gone home or were pushed back by Spanish police. Among the remaining in Ceuta are significant numbers of people from other countries, including Sudanese fleeing their war-torn country, Palestinians from Gaza, Afghans and people from several African nations.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s migrant centre is full \u2014 it has a capacity for 600 people. Food is scarce among the migrants, according to reporting by AP and AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Many are sleeping outside or resting on the beach or on the hills surrounding Ceuta. 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