Last august 29th 2005, two subsaharian immigrants who were attempting to
cross the border between Melilla (Spain) and Morocco, appeared dead.
According to testimonies by four colleagues of the deceased and by two
persons of Moroccon nationality, the immingrans could have died once
they had crossed the border fence, that is, inside Spanish territory,
and after having been intercepted by the Guardia Civil (Border Police).
These testimonies point as well that the immigrants were brutally hit by
some of the Guardia Civil officers and, afterwards, once of them was
already dead and the other agonizing, their bodies were thrown into
Moroccon territory.
Médicos Sin Fronteras (Doctors without Borders), which was able to see
one of the corpses, found in it traces of violence, in particular the
mark of a rubber bullet, such as those used by the Guardia Civil, in his
chest.
Up to now, the Guardia Civil has admitted the existence of one of the
deaths and has left in the hands of the Moroccon Gendarmerie the course
of investigations.
Taking into account that:
– Morroco is not a democratic country, where investigation processes and
juridical guarantees are alomost inexistent
– The good relationship between both countries estalbished upon the
basis that the Spanish State gives large amounts of money to Morocco in
order to militarize its border
– The large amount of verbal reports made to social organizations by the
migrants about tortures inflicted on them by certain Guardia Civil officers
– Also, being so recent the unfortunate event in Roquetas (Almería),
where a citizen died within the Guardia Civil station.
Therefore,
– We believe that neither the Moroccon police forces nor the Guardia
Civil are prepared to clarify the events happened in the aformentioned night
– We ask for a comission formed by different political parties and
international organizations to study the situation in the borders at
Ceuta and Melilla
– We ask for the stoppping of all economic payments made to Morocco in
order to finance migration control in its territory, until this country
becomes one where migrants in transit rights and local citizens rights
are guaranteed.
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