The Dominion - Spanish/Moroccan Border

Spanish/Moroccan Border 16

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:57:56 +0000

In the Bangladesh 'other camp.' It is common for these men to have spent up to four years travelling to this side of the border and almost two years waiting in the CETI detention camp for either papers or deportation. The majority of the men detained at CETI are under the age of 25.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 15

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:56:24 +0000

Tents have been brought in to solve the problem of overcrowding at the centre, which reaches triple capacity at times. The tents are low quality and leave many, like these Algerian migrants, flooded out after a rain.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 14

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:16:58 +0000

Late at night, these migrants from Bangladesh move en masse to their 'other camp' in order to avoid the night time immigration police raids.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 13

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:13:42 +0000

Migrants from Africa play checkers on a homemade board to pass the time. Migrants spend anywhere from a couple of months to a couple of years living in this CETI detention centre awaiting either papers or deportation.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 12

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:12:08 +0000

The border fence with a view of the Moroccan troops guarding the other side. Since 2005, repressive measures to secure this border have been put into the hands of the Moroccan authorities in order to leave the Spanish (ie, European) authorities free from human rights violations.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 11

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:10:29 +0000

This migrant from Cote d'Ivoire, is one of the two sole survivors of a group of nine that originally set off to migrate north. The seven died at different points while crossing the desert by foot and the sea by boat. This man has now lived at CETI for almost a year waiting either for papers or rejection and deportation. The other survivor still has not made it to European soil. The story is not an uncommon one.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 10

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:07:38 +0000

A look into the CETI detention centre in the Spanish enclave of Melilla.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 8

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:06:08 +0000

Bangladeshi migrants in a camp they built outside the CETI detention centre in order to elude the immigration police who come to CETI in the night and take them from their beds for deportation.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 9

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:05:10 +0000

Along the border fence, underground cables connect spotlights, noise and movement sensors, and video cameras to a central control booth.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 7

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:01:34 +0000

A few of the Moroccan youth that live in a detention centre in Melilla, Spain, hoping to get Spanish papers.

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hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:00:15 +0000

The European Commission allocated 40 million Euros to help Morocco secure the border.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 5

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:58:02 +0000

Migrants living at the CETI detention centre in Melilla, Spain, often work 12 hours a day washing and parking cars for spare change.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 4

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:56:35 +0000

CETI (Immigrants' Temporary Holding Centre). Although official EU documents states that the "stay in the centres should be for up to three months," many migrants have been living in this centre for up to two years.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 3

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:54:22 +0000

If a migrant succeeds in scaling the first section of the border fence, he/she lands on a mess of razor-wire rods designed to inflict injury.

Spanish/Moroccan Border 2

hillarybain — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:52:36 +0000

The border fence consists of 11 kilometres of parallel three-metre-high fences topped with barbed wire and regular watch-posts, with a road running in between to accommodate police patrols.