Spain: Court Gives Citizenship to Black Born in Morocco

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Euronews:

A Spanish court has for the first time granted citizenship to a migrant child who was born while their mother was trying to reach Europe.

The case concerned a young girl who arrived in the southern Spanish town of Tarifa in May 2018, on board a migrant boat.

The girl’s Cameroonian mother had given birth in Morocco before reaching Spain and has been living in the European Union (EU) country ever since.

While the mother had been able to regularise her own status, her daughter has no passport and was denied access to Spanish healthcare or education.

Citizens can usually only obtain Spanish nationality through their parents, their spouse, or if they have lived in the country for ten years.

The court of the northern province of Guipúzcoa said it had granted the girl Spanish nationality based on her “best interests”.

Leaving the girl “stateless” would have placed her “in a situation of inequality in relation to other children”, the court said.

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This would have represented “a significant denial of her basic and fundamental rights, including the right to education”, it added.

The ruling confirms a previous court decision in November 2021, which the Spanish government had challenged. The verdict can still be overturned by Spain’s Supreme Court.

After all – Spain is a country of immigrants.