The Moroccan authorities’ initial report put the death toll at five and 76 injured, saying some of the victims were fatally injured when they fell from a fence they had climbed.
Morocco announced that 18 migrants lost their lives yesterday, Friday, in their attempt to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla (on the north coast of Africa), during which clashes broke out with security forces.
The Moroccan authorities’ initial report put the death toll at five and 76 injured, saying some of the victims were fatally injured when they fell from a fence they had climbed.
Lado Morroquí de la frontera con Melilla @larazon_es @elmundoes @ informativost5 @VicenteVallesTV @rtvenoticias pic.twitter.com/pBowN1UfG6
– Raúl (@ tamayadas_1977) June 24, 2022
Melilla’s dance from the Moroccan lagoon, possessing multiple mortal victims and multiple herbaceous herds, as Moroccans treat sub-Saharan immigrants, both against all human rights @larazon_es @elmundoes @ informativost5 @VicenteVallesTV @rtvenoticias pic.twitter.com/MSikFthYM2
– Raúl (@ tamayadas_1977) June 24, 2022
In addition, 140 members of Morocco’s security forces were injured, five of them seriously, when they intervened to prevent the mass entry of migrants into the enclave.
Nearly 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco on Friday morning, and about 130 of them succeeded in the first attempt at mass entry after the normalization of relations between Madrid and Rabat.
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