Gianfranco Tripodo

Frontera Sur

Frontera Sur is multi-platform project that aims to recount the migratory phenomenon around the European southern border. Gianfranco Tripodo utilizes pictures, videos and audio interviews in order to tell the path that many migrants, mostly from the sub-saharan african region, undertake to enter into the two exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. This long term project is a direct proof of the circumstances that have happened during the last years around the fence that divides Europe and Africa and it tells the stories of the many people who have tried, and sometimes succed, to pass the border.

Frontera Sur is multi-platform project that aims to recount the migratory phenomenon around the European southern border. Gianfranco Tripodo utilizes pictures, videos and audio interviews in order to tell the path that many migrants, mostly from the sub-saharan african region, undertake to enter into the two exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. This long term project is a direct proof of the
circumstances that have happened during the last years around the fence that divides Europe and Africa and it tells the stories of the many people who have tried, and sometimes succed, to pass the border.

A group of about 50 sub-Saharan migrants stay atop the border fence between Morocco and the North African Spanish enclave, in the sector called Barrio Chino. Melilla, Spain, 201
Sub-Saharan migrant hides himself under a vehicle trying to avoid an illegal expatriation by the Guardia Civil. He eventually managed to escape. Melilla, Spain, 2014
Some 20 sub-Saharan migrants manage to escape from the Police and start running through the fields next to the border. Despite the fact that these migrants had the right to stay in Spain since they touched the Spanish soil, the Guardia Civil and the Police illegally expatriated most of those who crossed the fence. Melilla, Spain, 2014
Moroccan soldiers patrol the border near Beni Enzar. Melilla, Spain, 2014
Ousmane Fofana, a young migrant from Mali. Melilla, Spain, 2014
Many guests of CETI are heading to the canteen to have dinner. Meals mark every guest’s daily life: at 8 a.m. they get breakfast, at 1 p.m. lunch and at 9 p.m. dinner. Ceuta, Spain, 2012
Wilson from Cameroon is performing a traditional African dance inside the headquarter of CETI. Ceuta, Spain, 2012
A guest of CETI is dancing on top of a table tennis. African and American hip hop music is constantly played in the courtyard. Ceuta, Spain, 2012
In the forests and on the mountains that surround the city, groups of Sub-Saharan migrants survive and wait for the right moment to cross illegally the border that separates Morocco and the city of Melilla in Spain. The Moroccan Police and Army constantly harass them and during the night made raids through the migrants camp in order to deport them at the border with Algeria. In the picture, a migrant from Guinea Conakri, waiting to have a lunch. Nador, Morocco, 2012
In the forests and on the mountains that surround the city, groups of Sub-Saharan migrants survive and wait for the right moment to cross illegally the border that separates Morocco and the city of Melilla in Spain. The Moroccan Police and Army constantly harass them and during the night made raids through the migrants camp in order to deport them at the border with Algeria. In the picture, a migrant from Senegal runs through the mountain in order to escape from a raid of the Moroccan Police. Nador, Morocco, 2012