A group of MENAS, which is the acronym for Unaccompanied Minors (a euphemism for young Moroccan or Algerian migrants) have caused terror amongst the residents of a building in Carrer Lluís el Piadós in the Barri Gòtic, where they have occupied an apartment in the central Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona.

The residents tried to stop them from occupying the flat and they responded with extreme violence using fists and belts. “We’ve spent two nights without sleeping. And all of us are terrified. They set dogs on us that bite. You see weapons. You see knives.” said one of the residents.

But the MENAs don’t care about the residents or the presence of the urban police. Infact, they stroll in front of the local police with a mattress that they hide between two cars and later take inside the building. The next day, they throw it out of the window together with clothes and other objects. If the residents close the main door, they climb up the outside of the building.

These are dangerous Maghrebi minors, who are very aggressive. And in spite of everything, the local police say they can’t do anything.