Rising temperatures in Senegal due to climate change are exacerbating migration pressures for marginalized communities. Migrants seek a brighter future, but far-right politicians in Europe see them as both a danger and a political chance.
Melilla is an enclave city of Spain. Though it sits on the northern edge of the African continent, it is technically part of Europe, surrounded by Morocco and the MediterraneanPeople who grew up in Melilla remember passing back and forth between Spain and Morocco easily. Journalist Irene Flores says that when she was a child, there was no fence and no border. “It was like a free crossing through aToday, the fences are four layers deep, patrolled by armed guards.
“Authorities have forbidden it,” says Moroccan human rights activist Omar“If someone rents a room to a sub-Saharan migrant, they can be prosecuted for assisting. You could be asked for your papers in the street, stopped for the color of yourWhen Moroccan officials find people camping in the mountains around the city, authorities sometimes burn their campsites to theOn June 24 last year, a group of about 1,500 people who had been camping in the hills around Melilla stormed the border fence.
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