Madrid, December 10 (RHC)-- In Madrid, more than 1,000 people gathered for a peaceful protest near a shelter for unaccompanied refugee teenagers who have been targeted by frequent verbal and physical attacks by right-wing politicians and street mobs. 

Last week, a hand grenade was thrown over the wall of the shelter in the latest attack.  The grenade did not explode until the bomb squad carried out a controlled explosion. 

Juan Gonzalez, a resident of the Hortaleza neighborhood in Madrid, Spain, where the shelter for refugee youth is located, said: “For the past few months, the far-right-wing political party, the fascist VOX, has put a focus on the neighborhood.  They have put a focus on targeting these youth for their own electoral and partisan purposes.”