LA MIGRACIÓN DEL ‘MENA’ MARROQUÍ VISTA DESDE DENTRO. : APUNTES SOBRE POLÍTICAS Y PEDAGOGÍA SOCIAL

Abstract

Hakim was a Moroccan teenager who realised that he did not want the life of poverty and determinism he  was predestined to have. He decided to migrate irregularly, alone and committing crimes, in order to obtain  a better life. The interesting thing about his case is that he succeeded in an extraordinary way and he is living in Spain for years in a regularised way and carrying out important social work. This article will take a look at  their migratory process in order to understand from the inside the path taken by Moroccan UFM (Unaccompanied Foreign Minors), and to understand the reasons that lead them to embark on this journey,  despite all the risks and difficulties that it entails. The research was carried out using the biographical methodology. His life story was assembled mainly from the testimonies of the protagonist and numerous key figures (the judge, his tutor at the detention centre, his foster mother and others), as well as numerous  documentary and iconographic records. The analysis of the various factors that came together provides an  exhaustive knowledge of this reality, allows a series of political recommendations to be put forward in order  to improve the situation and contributes to social pedagogy in this respect, from a counter-narrative that  humanises them, in order to fight against the prejudices they suffer in the receiving countries. In addition, it shows how, when given a chance, they can write their story differently.