Morocco and Spain accused of migrant deaths cover-up – Amnest Worldwide

Amnesty Worldwide says Morocco and Spain ‘contributed’ to migrant deaths.

Amnesty Worldwide says Spanish and Moroccan authorities contributed to the deaths of dozens of individuals making an attempt to cross into the North African enclave of Melilla, Spain, in June.

Agnès Callamard, secretary basic of the group, denounces this tragedy and declares that it represents “in actuality not solely mass murders however a cover-up, governments making an attempt to cowl up their murders.”

Almost 20,000 migrants, many from Sudan, stormed the meter-high fence that separates Melilla from Morocco on June 24.

Clashes with police ensued, wherein a number of migrants have been run over and others fell to dying.