Young people in a legal limbo
Bouba and Lamine, both from Guinea Conakry, have spent a long time outdoors after being expelled in 2026 from a youth center of the Direcció General de Prevenció i Protecció a la Infància i l’ Adolescència (Dgppia) when the prosecutor’s office ruled that they were adults, although their passports indicate that they have not yet turned 18. “Every Tuesday, about 35 new people arrive at the Santa Anna field hospital asking for help, of which an average of three are young migrants who have ended up outdoors,” explains the rector of this parish in Ciutat Vella, Peio Sánchez. Bouba and Lamine have been taken in by this entity for a few weeks.