The photo that reflects the drama of immigration from Africa to Europe – Univision

The border agents could not believe when the control screen luggage appeared the figure of a child in a suitcase.

The incident occurred on Thursday at the land border between Ceuta and Morocco, passing by dozens of people daily. The authorities found that a woman was nervous as he waited in line.

When his turn came the officers required to pass the suitcase the scanner, where they observed a human figure of a child. The agents opened the suitcase immediately and provided health care to children.

An hour after the incident a person of Ivory Coast with a residence permit in Spain approached the crossing, which aroused police suspicions. After several questions admitted he was the child’s father who was in the suitcase and was immediately arrested, the Civil Guard said in a statement.

EFE

Agents, after detecting the child, opened the suitcase and found the youngest of eight years.

The father, who had recently denied family reunification, said in court that no he knew his son was going to cross the border in this way.

The Spanish court ordered Friday the imprisonment of a man who hid to her eight years in a suitcase to go to Spain in the enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.

father, a native of Ivory Coast, Morocco and the woman carrying the suitcase with the child inside are accused of “a crime against the rights of foreign citizens.” Ceuta’s government took over custody of the child.

The Strong economic differences between Europe and Africa as well as the instability that many countries live in the region, pushing each year, thousands of people try to make the jump to Europe seeking various ways. In recent weeks, several thousand immigrants have died when the boat they were traveling in were sunk in the Mediterranean.

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