The Spanish Administration distrusts the passports of Gambian minors. “We don't always get it right, but there are abuses and the few who tell the truth pay the price,” says a police source.
The case of Lamin, who has just turned 17, according to his passport, is paradigmatic. For the Spanish authorities he is an adult and they do not allow him to be in a center for minors, but when he has gone to the social services that care for the homeless they have not admitted him.