The Loop
This viral golf photo speaks volumes about the separation of two worlds
Golf often is a place to escape life's realities, but a Spanish course couldn't avoid them as it became the backdrop for a dramatic photo making its way around the Internet Thursday.
The image shows several African migrants trying to enter Europe from Morocco by climbing a nearly 20-foot-tall, razor-wire fence adjacent to the Club Campo de Golf in Melilla, Spain. The migrants had been living for months in makeshift campgrounds near the fence, waiting for an opportunity to cross the border and seek asylum as Spanish officers (hidden by the bushes) attempted to keep them from coming over.
The photo was taken by Jose Palazon of the human-rights group PRODEIN, and posted on Twitter.
According to a story in The Guardian, roughly 200 migrants tired to scale the fence with 20 successfully making it over. As many as 70, meanwhile, remained stuck on the fence for several hours.