HIBAPRESS – Chafiq Anouri
Spanish reports revealed that a family intends to travel to Morocco in the coming days in an attempt to rescue their daughter, Yolanda, nine years old, who has been held in Equatorial Guinea for more than eight months, after the Spanish embassy there refused to issue her a new passport.
According to the "Vozpópuli" website, the girl, who remained in the African country to complete her school year after her mother fled political persecution suffered by her husband at the hands of the Guinean regime, was unable to return to Spain due to what the family described as "administrative negligence" at the Spanish embassy in Malabo. The same source explained that the Spanish Foreign Ministry claimed that the girl's current face did not resemble her picture on the identity card that was issued when she was an infant, a justification that sparked ridicule and astonishment from the family, which confirmed its intention to travel to Morocco to go to the Spanish consulate there to request the issuance of a travel document that would allow Yolanda to return to Spain. In the event that the consulate refuses the request, the family plans, according to the Spanish website, to take their daughter and head towards one of the crossings in the occupied cities of Ceuta and Melilla, north of Morocco, where elements of the Civil Guard assured them that "she cannot be rejected at the borders" and that she will be allowed entry immediately upon presenting herself. This move comes after Yolanda's case, who was born in Spain and holds its nationality, turned into a public opinion case in the Iberian Kingdom, prompting the Popular Party to question the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives, without any progress being made in the case. The family confirmed that they will document their trip to Morocco directly with the help of a Spanish content creator, to highlight the extent of the suffering she is going through, hinting that they will head towards occupied Melilla if her case continues to be ignored.
