LOS MENORES EXTRANJEROS NO ACOMPAÑADOS DE MELILLA. ANÁLISIS DE SU SITUACIÓN Y PROPUESTA DE FORMACIÓN SOCIOEDUCATIVA

Abstract

Introduction: The main objective of this work is to know the reality that unaccompanied foreign minors live in Melilla with the dual purpose of developing a training proposal for them, and of raising awareness about their situation among citizens in general, but specifically among those of Melilla.Methodology: We analyzed the corresponding legal framework and, for the field study, we interviewed them following a semi-structured script.To complete the knowledge of the reality, we interviewed several citizens of Melilla with the purpose of knowing their perception and appraisal on these children who live in the city. We also used a semi-structured interview.For both groups we used an intentional selection of the participants, seeking their availability for collaboration and their commitment to sincerity, criteria that significantly determined their selection, especially in the case of the minors.Results: We have verified the shortcomings and difficulties experienced by unaccompanied foreign minors in Melilla, which in many cases are not solved by the institutions responsible for their protection under the specific legislation. Likewise, there is a great difference between the opinions of the minors themselves and that of the citizens of Melilla about their situation, which reinforces the cases of exclusion and marginalization.Conclusions: The study of the situation of these children, contrasting the versions offered by the minors and by Melilla citizens, and analyzing them in the light of the legal framework and of the educational principles that govern their school and social attention, allowed us to design a training proposal for these minors, and to demand the necessity of designing another for the citizens of Melilla.