The Government Delegation has hosted a new meeting of the Follow-up Table, ‘Intervention and care for victims of gender violence’, with the aim of evaluating the development of the action protocols, the current situation of gender violence in the city and the state of interinstitutional coordination between all the actors involved.
The Head of the Coordination Unit Against Violence Against Women, Laura Segura, has valued this meeting between the different institutions and entities involved, and “which responds to the priority of continuing to redouble efforts for the prevention of violence and, especially, to guarantee to all victims a diligent, adequate and effective response.”
During the meeting, a comparative balance of data from 2024 and those recorded so far in 2025 has been presented, including the number of complaints, victims with police protection, restraining orders, telematic monitoring (comet devices) and statistics of the VioGén system.
According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, as of March Melilla registers 227 active cases. The distribution by risk level is as follows: 107 active cases of unappreciated risk, 104 low risk, 14 medium risk, 1 high risk and 1 extreme risk.
To these must be added the 2,372 cases inactivated from 2007 to this date, which makes a total of 2,600 total cases and 2,398 total victims in our city from 2007 to the present.
Protocol updates and VioGen system innovations
The new features of the VioGen 2 system, which is already in operation, and the new Protocol 2025 for risk assessment and case management have also been discussed at the table. Among other measures, the “Not Appreciated” level of risk is eliminated and the interoperability, security and adaptability of the system is improved. In addition, the specific training that will be given to the staff working with this tool has been reported.
Laura Segura also shared progress in the Prevention and Response Protocol of the Humanitarian Assistance Program (Seed Project), the training of different groups, and the Agreement in force between the Ministry of the Interior and the Autonomous City for the integration of the Local Police in the VioGén system.
More resources and awareness since the State Pact
The meeting also served to update the attendees on the funds allocated to Melilla within the framework of the new State Pact against Gender Violence, which expands measures, introduces new axes of action such as vicarious, economic and digital violence, and has a 50% more budget than the previous one (to reach 1.5 billion in five years).
The impact of the 24-hour Crisis Center for victims of sexual violence, the awareness campaigns under way, the role of the Violeta Points, the Employment Plans with reservations for victims and the training and prevention activities promoted through the Master Plan for Coexistence in Educational Centers has also been evaluated.
In addition to the Head of the Unit, the meeting was attended by the Dean Judge of Melilla and the Chief Prosecutor of Melilla, as well as representatives of the Family and Women Care Unit (UFAM) of the National Police; the Woman-Minor Team (EMUME) of the Civil Guard; the Follow-up Service of Removal Orders (SOA) of the Local Police; and the Integral Forensic Assessment Unit. Representatives of the Office of Assistance to Victims; of Penitentiary Institutions; representatives of the Temporary Stay Center for Immigrants (CETI); of the Center for Attention to Women of the Autonomous City of Melilla; of Ingesa; of the Houses of Reception, Red Cross and Women in Equality; of the Spanish Commission of Aid to Refugees (CEAR); of the NGO Fiet; and of the Crisis Center 24 hours have also attended.