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On 5 November five organisations alerted the prosecution service to more than 400 minors in abandonment

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On 5 November Fundación Raíces, Asociación Elín, No Name Kitchen, Mission Lifeline International and Plataforma de Infancia sent a report to the Fiscalía General del Estado and to Ceuta’s Fiscalía de Menores. They alert that more than 400 minors aged 13 to 17 have been in abandonment for more than 100 days. Between 150 and 200 are said to sleep outdoors. The rest, in houses, garages, doorways or storage rooms. They ask that a possible dereliction of duty with “relevancia penal” be assessed. It is an NGO complaint, not a fact proved by a judgment. The “más de 400” is the figure of those five organisations. The City has spoken of “400, 500”: that is another figure and it is not merged. It is not merged with the 3,600–3,650 under guardianship either.

• On 5 November five organisations — Fundación Raíces, Asociación Elín, No Name Kitchen, Mission Lifeline International and Plataforma de Infancia — sent a report to the Fiscalía General del Estado and to Ceuta’s Fiscalía de Menores. It is an NGO complaint. It is not a fact proved by a judgment.
• Europa Press, 5 November, 19:06: “400 children ‘remain abandoned’ in Ceuta after more than 100 days.” The report it writes about alerts to more than 400 minors aged 13 to 17 in abandonment after more than 100 days. Between 150 and 200 are said to sleep outdoors. The rest, in houses, garages, doorways or storage rooms.
• El Faro de Ceuta, 5 November, 20:02, reports that they ask for an assessment of a possible dereliction of duty that “could […] ‘present criminal relevance’.” “Relevancia penal” is what they ask to have assessed. It is not a court’s characterisation.
• The “más de 400” is the figure of those five organisations. The City has spoken of “400, 500”. That is another figure, attributed to the City, and it is not merged with the “más de 400”. Neither is merged with the 3,600–3,650 under guardianship on other cards.