Migrants: EU, ‘violence unacceptable in Melilla, clarify’

(ANSA) – BRUSSELS, JULY 04 – “It is unacceptable that people are forced to cross the EU border using violent means. And it is unacceptable that people die in this way at our border with the EU. The priority now is provide medical assistance and clearly establish the facts “. Thus the European Commissioner for Internal Affairs, Ylva Johansson, in relation to the massacre of migrants who died in an attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla en masse.

“It is very difficult to know exactly what happened on that Black Friday,” Johansson explained in his plenary address to the European Parliament, adding that he “strongly supports the appeals of the United Nations and the African Union” for “investigations to be carried out. this tragic loss of human life “.

The Commissioner then expressed satisfaction with the investigation conducted by the Spanish public prosecutor and recalled that “the National Commission for Human Rights has launched an information mission in Morocco” on the matter. (HANDLE).

Source: Ansa

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