One month has passed since the beginning of the humanitarian crisis in Ceuta the entry of more than 70,000 migrants across borders with Morocco. A situation that has caused discontent and indignation among neighborsas well as the concern of parents who see how the start date of the course is approaching without there being an official protocol to protect their children.
This is what he has reported Helena Ariashead of the Language and Literature department at the Almina Secondary Education Institute, in the programs ‘Al Rojo Vivo’ and in Antena 3’s Morning News. The teacher assured that The current situation does not guarantee the safety of studentsbecause “in principle there is no protocol nor have they given us information”, despite the proximity of September 8, the day classes begin.
The solution that the Government has announced is the presence of uniformed police officers at the doors of the centers and monitoring both the interior and surroundings of the study centers. A reality that does not convince Ceuta teachers. “The image that the students are going to have is going to be entering a school between two armed men.“, asserts Helena Arias.
The teacher denounces the insecurity that high school students will experience during recess
This is not the only measure announced. According to the Ministry of Education, agents will be available to guarantee security on the school journey. Something that, according to the teacher, they do not fully understand, because “almost everyone goes on foot or by public transport“or directly their parents or relatives take them by car. In addition, they express their concern for Baccalaureate students, who can leave the center during breaks.
“They go to buy their sandwich, their soft drink… they are there for half an hour. Who is going to control those hundreds of students, who are going to look to see if anyone around them can do something to them?“, he assured. According to the measures announced by the Secretary of State for Education, Abelardo de la Rosa, the agents will be located both in the center and at bus stops and They will monitor during playtime.
“The situation in this city is nothing like that of any other place in Spain”
The teacher highlights the impact that this situation can have on children on an emotional level: “Minors who go to class seeing security and armed men around. What normality is that? What right is there for students to see that?“, sentence. Although he also expresses his concern about the limitations of the plan presented by the ministry.
“We teachers start on September 1 and they will tell us the protocols, which there are not yet nor have they said anything. From there, what are they going to tell us, the number of staff? And for recess or for students with extracurricular activities? The situation in this city is nothing like that of any other place in Spain“he asserted.
The beginning of classes for Ceuta students will be on September 8
He Ministry of Education confirmed last Thursday the start of the school year in Ceuta for next September 8, ensuring that “security will be reinforced in the vicinity of school centers during the afternoons and nights so that unauthorized personnel do not enter said buildings“, according to de la Rosa. Well, another of the concerns of Ceuta parents is the recurrent entry of migrants into school bathrooms.
Likewise, they have indicated that there will be agents from both the Local Police and the Civil Guard, the Armed Forces, the National Police and Civil Protection. In addition, De la Rosa indicated that a “psychosocial support plan so that students and families can overcome these stressful situations.” Ensuring that everything will be prepared for the start date of the course.
However, the teacher remembers the climate of fear that is currently being experienced in the city: “In a situation in which you, as a citizen, see riot police crying on the street, police officers who are used to extreme situations. How are you going to say that a child is going to be calm? His father, his grandfather, his brother… How are they going to be calm when they see that the child is going to throw himself into that situation? What routine is that? That’s miserable, you can’t consent“.