Amnesty International has called on the Spanish government and Congress to open an investigation into the assault of sub-Saharan migrants on the Melilla fence, which occurred on June 24 and left at least 23 dead.
Faced with international outrage after the Melilla assault, which cost the lives of about thirty migrants, Spain has tried to justify itself, arguing that the issue of the violation of human rights raised by the UN should be addressed to Morocco.
Less than a week before the celebration of Eid al-Adha in Morocco, the borders of Tarajal in Ceuta and Beni Ensar in Melilla are having difficulty managing the flow of Moroccans from Europe. The traffic jam was monstrous last weekend at the two borders, while the summer season is just beginning.
Former French Minister of Education Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, newly elected president of the association France terre d’asile, reacted to the tragedy in Melilla that left 37 dead.
After the assault on Melilla , Morocco has taken new measures to block the path of illegal migrants who might be tempted to enter Spain through the borders between the two countries.
Humanitarian organizations have been denouncing for months the violence with which migrants are treated in Morocco, especially after the resumption of relations with Spain.
Among the travelers arriving in Morocco from Melilla, Morocco gives priority to vehicles of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) as part of the Marhaba Operation.
Touched by the Melilla tragedy , Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat king Fela Kuti, has canceled his concert scheduled for this Saturday, July 2nd in Morocco.
The president of the autonomous city of Melilla, Eduardo de Castro, believes that the Moroccan authorities "will hide what happened" regarding the assault of migrants on the Melilla fence last Friday, which left at least 23 dead.
The new NATO strategic document approved on Wednesday at the summit in Madrid, without expressly mentioning Ceuta and Melilla, reaffirmed the Alliance’s determination to "preserve the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all allies against any aggressor".
Following the attempted entry on Friday of some 2,000 migrants into Melilla, Morocco has decided to further strengthen its military presence on the borders with Algeria. Algerian criminal networks would be behind a "lucrative trafficking with the complicit silence of the Algerian authorities".
Moroccan security forces agents would have crossed the Melilla fence to strike and arrest several migrants who managed to enter the autonomous city last Friday.