Mamadou, the Carglass intern who smashed 31 cars in Spain
An immigrant intern destroyed 31 cars in Mollet del Vallès, Spain. Impunity and sarcasm fuel the debate on labour integration.
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One intern, 31 cars and the integration debate
An immigrant doing an internship at Carglass in Spain has achieved what seemed impossible: smashing 31 parked vehicles in Mollet del Vallès and, in the process, lighting the fuse of a debate that has been smouldering for years. The video, circulated unedited, shows a young man —identified as Mamadou— walking along a row of cars and breaking windshields with astonishing ease. The company, it appears, had given him a hundred euros and the instruction to 'smash some cars'. He got carried away.
Impunity and Spanish laws
What has angered people is not so much the act of vandalism as the feeling that there will be no consequences. "They know they are immune, they know Spanish laws", sums up a current of opinion that sees this case as the tip of the iceberg of a system that rewards victimhood. Others recall the old tale of the glazier's son and the neighbour's window, now with a twist: the glaziers are fighting over who gets to 'adopt' the minor. The reference is not gratuitous: internships have become a leaky sieve.
Irony about labour integration
The original headline of the thread, laden with sarcasm, spoke of "labour integration" and of "a bad day for les racistesss". The irony could not be more acid. While some wait years for a permanent job, others come in through the back door without having to prove anything. "Of all the engineers who have come, the mechanic won the lottery", joked an analyst. The joke has a bitter aftertaste: the debate over the costs and benefits of immigration is back on the table with an example as crude as it is illustrative.
Against this backdrop, the question hanging in the air is whether the internship and reception system is designed to integrate people or to generate customers for glaziers. The figures speak for themselves: 31 cars, a bill that nobody seems willing to pay.
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An immigrant doing an internship at Carglass in Spain has achieved what seemed impossible: smashing 31 parked vehicles in Mollet del Vallès and, in the process, lighting the fuse of a debate that has been smouldering for years. The video, circulated unedited, shows a young man —identified as Mamadou— walking along a row of cars and breaking windshields with astonishing ease. The company, it appears, had given him a hundred euros and the instruction to 'smash some cars'. He got carried away.
Impunity and Spanish laws
What has angered people is not so much the act of vandalism as the feeling that there will be no consequences. "They know they are immune, they know Spanish laws", sums up a current of opinion that sees this case as the tip of the iceberg of a system that rewards victimhood. Others recall the old tale of the glazier's son and the neighbour's window, now with a twist: the glaziers are fighting over who gets to 'adopt' the minor. The reference is not gratuitous: internships have become a leaky sieve.
Irony about labour integration
The original headline of the thread, laden with sarcasm, spoke of "labour integration" and of "a bad day for les racistesss". The irony could not be more acid. While some wait years for a permanent job, others come in through the back door without having to prove anything. "Of all the engineers who have come, the mechanic won the lottery", joked an analyst. The joke has a bitter aftertaste: the debate over the costs and benefits of immigration is back on the table with an example as crude as it is illustrative.
Against this backdrop, the question hanging in the air is whether the internship and reception system is designed to integrate people or to generate customers for glaziers. The figures speak for themselves: 31 cars, a bill that nobody seems willing to pay.
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