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Amnesty accuses Spain, Morocco of cover-up over Melilla enclave migrant deaths
Amnesty International on Friday accused Spain and Morocco of a cover-up for failing to properly investigate events at the border of the Spanish ... North Africa -
Prosecutor absolves Spanish forces over Melilla migrant deaths
Spain’s public prosecutor said Friday it had closed an investigation into the deaths of at least 23 African migrants who tried to storm a Spanish ... World News -
Morocco sentences 13 migrants to prison, says lawyer
Morocco sentenced 13 migrants to two-and-a-half years in prison on Wednesday, their lawyer said, following a deadly mass crossing into the Spanish ... North Africa -
Moroccan court jails 14 migrants for 8 months over crossing
A Moroccan court imposed 8-month prison sentences Thursday on 14 migrants for attempting, along with hundreds of others, to scale a border fence ... North Africa -
Morocco court jails 33 Melilla migrants for 11 months: Lawyer
A Moroccan court Tuesday sentenced 33 migrants to 11 months in jail for “illegal entry,” their lawyer said, after a deadly mass border-crossing ... North Africa -
Morocco puts migrants on trial after Melilla tragedy
The trial of 36 migrants accused of “illegally entering” Morocco started Monday but was immediately halted, lawyers said, days after a mass attempt to ... North Africa -
UN calls for independent investigation into Spain-Morocco deaths
The United Nations on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into the deaths of at least 23 people after about 2,000 migrants tried to cross ... North Africa -
Melilla migrant rush an attack on territorial integrity: Spain’s PM Sanchez
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday described a deadly migrant rush in the enclave of Melilla bordering Morocco as “an attack on the ... World News -
At least 18 migrants dead in stampede to enter Spain’s Melilla
Eighteen Africans seeking to cross into Spain were killed and scores of migrants and police were injured in what Moroccan authorities called a ... North Africa -
Hundreds of migrants storm border separating Spain’s Melilla enclave from Morocco
Hundreds of migrants stormed the border separating Spain’s Melilla enclave from Morocco on Friday, the first such attempted mass crossing into the ... North Africa -
Morocco, Spain reopen land borders after two-year COVID-19 closure
Morocco and Spain have reopened the land borders between the north African country and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, two years after they ... Coronavirus -
Nearly 350 migrants cross fence in Spain’s Melilla enclave for second day
About 350 migrants managed on Thursday to cross a high border fence separating the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco after a wave ... World News -
Around 700 migrants try to cross into Spain’s Melilla enclave
An unprecedented group of 700 migrants tried to cross the fence into Spain’s Melilla enclave overnight but were rebuffed by Moroccan border forces, a ... World News -
More than 200 migrants cross from Morocco into Spain’s Melilla
Authorities in Spain’s autonomous city of Melilla said Thursday that 238 African men have made it to the Northern African Spanish enclave after ... World News -
Dozens of migrants cross border from Morocco into Spain’s Melilla enclave
Dozens of migrants scaled a fence and crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Monday, just weeks after a similar crisis ... North Africa -
Spain removes last public statue of dictator Franco in north African enclave
Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla has removed the country’s last public statue of former dictator General Francisco Franco 45 years after his ... Travel and Tourism
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