Madrid (Spain), Aug. 6 (LaPresse) – Moroccan authorities, according to the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) and confirmed by Spain’s public radio and television broadcaster RTVE, have brought around 86 people before the courts in connection with the migration crisis that saw thousands of people illegally cross the border into the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The Nador section of AMDH said in a press release that 11 young people were referred to the Criminal Section of the Nador Court of Appeal and another 41 people, including two minors, to the Court of First Instance in the same city. All 52 are currently in pre-trial detention, some of them accused of criminal offenses. In addition, Moroccan authorities in Tetouan are prosecuting at least 34 people, including five minors, for acts of violence and other crimes linked to clandestine border crossings. Of these, eleven were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to six months for transporting Moroccan and foreign citizens to unauthorized locations at the border. AMDH “expresses its concern over these legal proceedings” and calls for “all guarantees of a fair trial” to be respected, especially in light of the ongoing lawyers’ strike in the country.
Migrants, Ceuta crisis: more than 80 people indicted in Morocco
Madrid (Spain), Aug. 6 (LaPresse) – Moroccan authorities, according to the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) and confirmed by Spain’s public radio and television broadcaster RTVE, have brought around 86 people before the courts in connection with the migration crisis that saw thousands of people illegally cross the border into the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The Nador section of AMDH said in a press release that 11 young people were referred to the Criminal Section of the Nador Court of Appeal and another 41 people, including two minors, to the Court of First Instance in the same city. All 52 are currently in pre-trial detention, some of them accused of criminal offenses. In addition, Moroccan authorities in Tetouan are prosecuting at least 34 people, including five minors, for acts of violence and other crimes linked to clandestine border crossings. Of these, eleven were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to six months for transporting Moroccan and foreign citizens to unauthorized locations at the border. AMDH “expresses its concern over these legal proceedings” and calls for “all guarantees of a fair trial” to be respected, especially in light of the ongoing lawyers’ strike in the country.