Ceuta: 15 rapes reported after mass migrant entry in Spain
Spain's Guardia Civil has identified 15 alleged rapes in Ceuta since the mass border crossings; the border is under heavy control and one person has been held on terrorism charges.
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Ceuta: 15 rapes after the mass entry and one arrest on terrorism charges
What is happening in Ceuta? The Guardia Civil (Spanish civil guard) has identified 15 alleged rapes in different parts of the city since the mass entry of migrants in late July. The figure, first reported by Onda Cero and confirmed by El Mundo, comes at a time when nothing about the Tarajal border crossing feels festive.
A border under control and a city on edge
Two weeks after the mass entry, the Tarajal border is manned by the National Police and the Guardia Civil on the Spanish side, and by the Segarro army on the other. The aim is to prevent another wave like the one in late July. The most recent alleged rape, according to published reports, took place on Friday night on Lisbon Street. To the list is added one person arrested on suspected terrorism offences, with no further details given.
The deeper debate: the pull effect and the silences
The figure has peine the debate over the pull effect and over who bears political responsibility. Some argue that institutional feminism stays silent about crimes committed by people in an irregular situation; others reply that people are waiting for a case involving a native Spaniard to hide the statistics. In between, the warnings of those who spoke of foreseeable consequences are cited as ignored alerts.
With the border watched by land, sea and mountain, the problem is no longer a lack of officers. It is that the numbers do not fit the earlier narrative. Ironies of border policy: to make sure it never happens again, the first step was never having said it wouldn't.
What is happening in Ceuta? The Guardia Civil (Spanish civil guard) has identified 15 alleged rapes in different parts of the city since the mass entry of migrants in late July. The figure, first reported by Onda Cero and confirmed by El Mundo, comes at a time when nothing about the Tarajal border crossing feels festive.
A border under control and a city on edge
Two weeks after the mass entry, the Tarajal border is manned by the National Police and the Guardia Civil on the Spanish side, and by the Segarro army on the other. The aim is to prevent another wave like the one in late July. The most recent alleged rape, according to published reports, took place on Friday night on Lisbon Street. To the list is added one person arrested on suspected terrorism offences, with no further details given.
The deeper debate: the pull effect and the silences
The figure has peine the debate over the pull effect and over who bears political responsibility. Some argue that institutional feminism stays silent about crimes committed by people in an irregular situation; others reply that people are waiting for a case involving a native Spaniard to hide the statistics. In between, the warnings of those who spoke of foreseeable consequences are cited as ignored alerts.
With the border watched by land, sea and mountain, the problem is no longer a lack of officers. It is that the numbers do not fit the earlier narrative. Ironies of border policy: to make sure it never happens again, the first step was never having said it wouldn't.
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