18 dead in huge rush across border into Spanish enclave Melilla
2 years, 5 months ago

18 dead in huge rush across border into Spanish enclave Melilla

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Eighteen African migrants have died and dozens have been injured during an attempt to cross into the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla, Moroccan authorities have said, in what is the first such mass crossing incident since Spain and Morocco mended diplomatic relations. A spokesperson for the Spanish government’s office in Melilla said the crowd was stopped by Spanish civil guard police and Moroccan forces on either side of the border fence. Morocco’s interior ministry initially said five migrants had died, some after falling from the fence surrounding Melilla and others in a crush, and that 76 migrants were injured. open image in gallery Migrants run across Spanish soil in Melilla after crossing the border checkpoint Some 140 members of the Moroccan security forces were also injured, it added, five seriously.

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Spain insists no deaths on its soil during Melilla tragedy
2 years ago

Spain insists no deaths on its soil during Melilla tragedy

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s interior minister on Wednesday flatly rejected new media allegations of possible deaths on Spanish soil during a June storming by migrants of the border fence separating its north African enclave of Melilla from Morocco when at least 23 people died. “Even though I empathize with the underlying cause, that does not justify either directly or indirectly …

Moroccan probe finds 23 Melilla border dead likely ‘suffocated’
2 years, 5 months ago

Moroccan probe finds 23 Melilla border dead likely ‘suffocated’

Al Jazeera  

Morocco state-backed group says 23 migrants likely died of ‘mechanical asphyxiation’ during border crossing attempt. At least 23 migrants who died last month in a mass attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco likely “suffocated”, the state-backed National Human Rights Council of Morroco has said. Five days after the incident, Human Rights Watch cited “reports that the …

Spain promises full cooperation with migrant death probes
2 years, 5 months ago

Spain promises full cooperation with migrant death probes

Al Jazeera  

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has promised his government would offer “total collaboration” with the Spanish and Moroccan investigations into the deaths of 23 migrants during a mass attempt to enter Spain’s Melilla enclave. “I regret the loss of human life and express my solidarity with the families of the migrants who died,” Sanchez told Cadena Ser radio, pledging his …

Spanish PM blames traffickers, migrants for deaths at border
2 years, 5 months ago

Spanish PM blames traffickers, migrants for deaths at border

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s prime minister has defended the way Moroccan and Spanish police repelled migrants last week as they tried to cross the shared border into the north African enclave of Melilla, depicting the attempt in which at least 23 people died as “an attack on Spain’s borders.” “We must remember that many of these migrants attacked Spain’s borders with …

Rights groups call for probe into deaths during Melilla crossing
2 years, 6 months ago

Rights groups call for probe into deaths during Melilla crossing

Al Jazeera  

Death toll from attempted mass crossing from Morocco to Spanish enclave rises to 23 as Pedro Sanchez decries ‘attack on territorial integrity’. Human rights groups in Morocco and Spain have called for an investigation into the deaths of 23 people during an attempted mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Africa. The Moroccan Association for Human Rights, …

Morocco: 18 migrants die in attempt to enter Spain’s Melilla
2 years, 6 months ago

Morocco: 18 migrants die in attempt to enter Spain’s Melilla

Al Jazeera  

Deaths occurred during attempted mass crossing into Spanish North African enclave by some 2,000 migrants, officials say. Moroccan authorities said that 18 migrants were killed and dozens of migrants and police officers were injured in a “stampede” of people trying to cross into the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla. A spokesperson for the Spanish government’s office in Melilla said …

Hundreds of Africans cross into Spain’s Melilla for 2nd day
2 years, 9 months ago

Hundreds of Africans cross into Spain’s Melilla for 2nd day

Associated Press  

MADRID — Hundreds of people tried for a second day to climb over the fences that separate a Spanish city in North Africa from Morocco, authorities said Thursday. Spanish security forces activated an “anti-intrusion” mechanism early Thursday to confront what the government’s delegation described as “extreme violence” by trespassers who “threw stones, used hooks and sticks” at border agents. People …

Nearly 500 migrants push into Spanish North African enclave
2 years, 9 months ago

Nearly 500 migrants push into Spanish North African enclave

Associated Press  

MADRID — A record number of 491 migrants crossed the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco Wednesday, authorities in the North African city said. The Spanish government representative in Melilla, Sabrina Moh, told local radio station Cadena COPE she was surprised over 2,000 people had attempted the crossing, one of the highest numbers on record. People fleeing …

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