Brussels considers “deeply worrying the loss of human lives” in Melilla

The reactions to the assault on the Melilla fence that occurred on Friday continue. In this case, the EU Commissioner for the Interior, ylva johanssonhas expressed concern about this event, which has resulted in 23 deaths, according to official figures, and has defended the need to respond to this type of offensive in front of an international border.

“The events on the Melilla border are deeply worrying. Firstly and most importantly, because of the loss of human lives. Secondly, because of the violent assault, by force, on an international border that cannot be consented to,” he said. Johansson noted on Twitter. For the interior commissioner“This tragedy highlights why we need safe, realistic, long-term pathways that minimize desperate and doomed journeys.”

At least 27 people, according to NGOs, 23 according to sources from the authorities cited by the Moroccan official press, died due to the intervention of the Moroccan security forces during the attempt of more than 2,000 sub-Saharans to cross the Melilla fence last Friday. More than a hundred people were injuredincluding dozens of police officers, although only 18 migrants and one police officer were hospitalized on Sunday, admitted to the Hassani Hospital and the University Hospital of Oujda.

After the clashes, the Moroccan security forces they handcuffed and piled immobilized migrants on the ground in the streets of the Chinatown of the city of Nador, some images that have gone around the world.