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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bjørneseth, Frida

Titel

Melilla: Mirage en route to Europe

Ist Teil von

• Forced migration review, 2016-01 (51), p.23

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The exclave of Melilla, a 12-km2 piece of Spanish territory located on the Mediterranean coastline of north Africa, has a border with Morocco. For some, this Europe-outside-Europe represents a way to pass through the walls of Europe. The majority of those who do cross into Melilla stay in a state-run centre known as the Centro de Estancia Temporal de Inmigrantes (CETI), a temporary stay centre for migrants in transit run by the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security. No one could tell how long they would have to wait at the CETI, and few knew what would greet them when they left for mainland Spain. Adherence to the notion of Melilla as not Europe appeared to serve as an explanation of things not yet being good but holding potential of a better situation once they finally reach the 'real' Europe. The demotivating unpredictability of the present can only be endured because of the promise offered by the future.