Just a few days ago the government demolished the shanty dwellings near the Detention Center for immigrants in Melilla (CETI), Spain. Just a few hours, the government has publicly declared that the same center, was attending the whole of the immigrant population of the city.

Well, today it is over a week, that two immigrants from Algeria live, day and night outside the doors of the CETI in Melilla while their families, wives and children, have been hosted for weeks. They are waiting to be reunited.
Both Algerian men are denied access to the detention center on the grounds that they could be from “Moroccan origin” claiming that they are unable to prove that they are part of the family.

The men, together with their families state the opposite. They assure that they have provided Identification documents as requested. All documents were original and enough to prove both their individual identity as their belonging to the family. They also claim that their Family Record Book has been torn
We have seen the documents.

In order to be identified, they have to go to the police department where, everyday, they are given an appointment for the next day.

Today Thursday, they have been given an appointment for Monday.

In the meantime, they are kept waiting at the doors of the Detention center. Their wives get out with their children every morning and evening with some food that they share from their meals.

They sit on the floor… and do what they can to forget the situation that they are living.