Migrant Women Abandon Children in Spain in Family Reunification Scheme
16th June 2023
Spanish police have claimed that migrant women are travelling to Spain on tourist visas with their children and then abandoning them in the country, telling them to register as unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in a bid to get into the country later through family reunification.
The trend came to light after the arrest of a Moroccan woman, who was charged with child abandonment after her son went to Spanish authorities claiming to be an unaccompanied foreign minor (MENA), a report from the newspaper La Razon states.
Following a rapid investigation into the child’s case, Spanish agents were able to track down the Moroccan woman before she fled the country, and arrested her at an airport. Two others were also detained and made to give statements regarding their possible collaboration with the woman.