@article{CalvoGarcía:94634,
author = "Calvo García, Ana and Sánchez Sánchez, Miriam",
title = "{El discurso político sobre los MENA y su reflejo en los
medios: elecciones generales 10N 2019.}",
year = "2020",
note = "At the end of 2019, more than 12.300 unaccompanied foreign
minors, also known as MENA, were registered in Spain,
according to data from the Ministry of Interior. In recent
years, the number of minors has increased in the country
due to, among other reasons, the closure of the Central
Mediterranean migration route through Libya to Italy. The
increase in the immigration rate has generated rejection by
some political parties, such as Vox, which has led to a
greater presence of unaccompanied minors in the parties’
discourse. This discourse has been conveyed to the media,
which, in turn, have helped society to build its opinion on
the subject according to the type of information they have
received. In addition, the use of the term MENA by some
political parties, such as the previously named Vox,
relating it to delinquency and citizen insecurity, has
meant that, in general, part of society may have a negative
image of unaccompanied foreign minors.",
}