Archive for June 24th, 2023

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24/06/2023

Morocco/Spain: Agony Goes on for Families of Missing and Dead as Melilla Cover-Up Continues

Human Wrongs Watch

By Amnesty International*

23 June 2023 – Families of the dead and missing are trapped in limbo as their attempts to find out what happened to their loved ones and efforts to ensure justice, truth and reparation are being impeded in an apparent cover up by Spanish and Moroccan authorities, said Amnesty International on the eve of the first anniversary of the deadly events that took place on the border of Spain’s Melilla enclave.

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At least 37 people died after around 2,000 Sub-Saharan African migrants and refugees attempted to cross from Morocco to Spain on 24 June 2022. At least 76 are still missing.

Authorities in Spain and Morocco have so far failed to conduct an effective independent investigation, leaving scores of grieving families in anguish.

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24/06/2023

Spain/Morocco: No Justice for Deaths at Melilla Border

Human Wrongs Watch

By Human Rights Watch*

Families Still Seeking Loved Ones ‘Disappeared’ Entering Spanish Enclave

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People in Callao square, Madrid, protest the June 24, 2022, violence at the Melilla-Morocco border, July 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Manu Fernández
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(Brussels) – There has been no credible investigation or justice for the victims of the horrific violence and deaths of asylum seekers and migrants at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla a year ago, Human Rights Watch on 22 June 2023 said.

.“Both Spain and Morocco have exonerated their security forces following flawed or insufficient investigations into the violence at the Melilla enclave border,” said Alice Autin, Europe and Central Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch. “And what happened to dozens of the people who attempted to cross on that day is still unknown.”.

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