The organisation offers a lifeline to migrants who are risking their lives to reach Europe, crossing by sea the Moroccan-Spanish border on overcrowded and unsafe boats. Maleno uses social networks daily to alert and search for drifting boats and facilitate the operations of maritime rescue services. She is an expert in migration and human trafficking with a focus on women’s and children’s rights.
Her human rights work has been recognized internationally and she has received numerous awards, including the Human Rights Award “Nacho de la Mata” (2015) granted by the General Council of Spanish Lawyers, the Human Rights Award of the Human Rights Association of Spain (2018), the MacBride Peace Prize (2018), awarded by International Peace Bureau, and Premio Pimentel Fonseca (2019).
