Spain orders probe after rights group alleges troops abused migrants in Ceuta
- Spain's Ministry of Defence referred Amnesty International's report alleging migrant abuse in Ceuta to the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Duty Court, urging The Operations Command to investigate potential individual liability.
- Amnesty International's investigation gathered 22 direct testimonies alleging beatings, humiliations, and summary expulsions by Spanish Armed Forces members, with episodes involving Regulares and Legion units appearing to "seem to follow a pattern."
- Documented cases include a young Moroccan unable to walk for 25 days after a soldier pushed him six metres, and a Yemeni citizen expelled without procedure; researchers verified cable tie marks on migrants' wrists.
- Amnesty researchers witnessed soldiers ordering people to leave Ceuta, with one stating, "We have orders to make sure they don't feel comfortable," reflecting racist and Islamophobic harassment targeting residents of Moroccan origin.
- While Amnesty acknowledges the complexity facing security forces and notes more than 30 migrants arrested for assaulting soldiers, it documents 2,383 unaccompanied migrant children in Ceuta, with 500 to 700 living on the streets without support.
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FOLLOWING an Amnesty International report on the abuse of migrants in Ceuta, the Spanish government has ordered a military investigation into allegations of torture, beatings and illegal expulsions.
Spain orders probe after rights group alleges troops abused migrants in Ceuta
Spain's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it had alerted prosecutors to an Amnesty International report alleging the military tortured or mistreated migrants in Ceuta, and ordered an internal probe into whether any personnel were to blame.
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Amnesty International says it has documented beatings, humiliations, summary expulsions and racial profiling in Ceuta and the Spanish government has ordered the military to identify any individuals potentially responsible.
Amnesty International documents torture, hunger and religious humiliations in Ceuta – and makes serious accusations against the Spanish military.
Amnesty International denounces "torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by members of the Spanish Armed Forces who seem to respond to a pattern" against immigrants.
The complaint by Amnesty International, which includes part of the daily investigation.
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