US EditionMelilla, three years on: A migrant tragedy without truth or justice
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Melilla, three years on: A migrant tragedy without truth or justice
Amid conflicting death tolls and closed investigations, families of those who died still wait for answersOriginally published on Global VoicesThe Melilla border fence today. Photo by Mohamed Belkasen, used with permission June 24, 2025, is the third anniversary of one of the most devastating episodes in recent European border history: the mass attempt by 2,000 sub-Saharan migrants to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla in North Africa. To …
Three years ago, dozens of sub-Saharan migrants died. Although the official balance never exceeded 23 deaths, reports from NGOs, such as the local Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH), raised the figure above 70 as a result of asphyxiation and crushing, after Moroccan forces intervened to stop a massive assault on the Melilla border. Today, on the third anniversary of a bloody and crude episode like few in recent decades, there is still no i…
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