History of the Wall
In September 2005 some thousands of sub-Saharan African migrants tried to climb over the fences in several waves moving upon Melilla. About 700 made it fast the fences while 6 died in clashes with Moroccan security forces. The 2005 events at the Melilla and Ceuta border fences are he subject of a documentary film, Victimes de nos richeses.
Its Impact to the Citizens,Country,World
Its impact to the citizens is to provide better security for the country in order to prevent smuggling and to stop illegal immigrants from entering Europe.
Its Impact or Contribution to Human Relationships
The fence was intended to keep Saharan African migrants from crossing the border into the Morocca. Ever since it was built, Moroccan security forces have been capturing those who have been able to climb over the fence or even shot them which results into casualties. Ever since death were revealed, the Spains new interior minister vowed to do "everything possible" to remove the fence.
Relevance to "Good fences make good neighbors"
The quote means neighbors should have fences to avoid conflict. The Melilla Border Fence is opposite from the quote since its purpose is to stop illegal immigration and smuggling. It is opposite since instead of both countries being friendly with each other, one of the countries were actually the ones that built the border fence in order to interrupt illegal immigration. Though theses were in the past, the fence was now removed to open their borders and the accept sub-saharan African immigrants.
Relevance to the poem "Mending Wall"
In the poem "Mending Wall", it states that how fences make good neighbors, though in the Melilla Border Fence, there was a fence but not good neighbors. It resulted to the point that the fence had to be taken down to have a good relationship with both countries. Building walls are not actually bad, if you have a reason like securing your country.
