Spain Allows Undocumented 12-Year-Old to Attend School in Melilla After UN Intervention

The body had submitted its request to the Spanish Executive 6 weeks ago, urging it to make an exception to the rule, "to avoid irreparable harm to the minor," reports the newspaper Melilla Hoy.

The Committee had taken the opportunity to ask the government to do the same for all minors, unable to join the school benches in Melilla, due to the irregular situation of their parents.

For Ann Skelton, a member of the Committee, this first success bodes well for the 80 other minors in Melilla who are not yet enrolled and who are in the same situation as the Moroccan girl.

"We would like to congratulate the Spanish government for this quick decision, which will allow little N.S. to reach her full potential, now that she has access to formal education in Spain, the only country she knows and where she has lived all her life," said Ann Skelton.