In an interview on a daily basis “El Pais”, Pedro Sanchez believes that the question of human rights violation must be asked in Rabat.
Le Monde with AFP
The question of human rights violation in the tragedy of Melilla, which cost the lives of at least twenty-three migrants on June 24, is to be posed in Rabat, the Spanish Prime Minister estimated on Sunday 3 July in a daily interview El Pais.
Asked about the images of the tragedy he said that he had not seen during his last intervention on Wednesday on the subject, and on the “respect for human rights in such a situation”, Pedro Sanchez A Affirmed that “it is the government of Morocco which should answer this question”. “We must talk about what we are doing in Spain,” continued Pedro Sanchez.
He immediately nuanced his remarks by saying “to recognize the effort made by Morocco, which suffers from migratory pressure, to defend borders which are not his but those of Spain” and evoking the “Solidarity” that must be shown according to him Spain and Europe vis-à-vis Morocco.
On June 24, at least twenty-three African migrants died during the attempt of some 2,000 people to enter by force into Melilla, according to Moroccan authorities, the heaviest record ever registered at the borders between the Morocco and the two enclaves. NGOs identify “at least thirty-seven” dead.
acts of brutality
Images broadcast several hours later have uncovered acts of brutality, with bodies littering the ground, Moroccan police officers drying up and the Spanish police pulling tear gas from men hanging on fences , according to the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Melilla is, with the city of Ceuta, one of the two Spanish enclaves located on the north coast of Morocco, the only land borders of the European Union (EU) with the African continent.
For the Prime Minister, Melilla is “the last episode of a tragedy that started long before, several kilometers away”, speaking again of a violent attack, with “armed” men, and An event orchestrated by the “mafias”, an argument that the Spanish government has continued to brandish since this case.
He caused international indignation, with notably remarks of a rare severity on the part of the UN, as well as the opening of two surveys in Spain and an information mission in Morocco.
This new migratory drama at the gates of the EU occurs after Madrid and Rabat have normalized their relations in mid-March following a diplomatic quarrel of almost a year about the question of the territory disputed Western Sahara.