THERE HAS been no accountability for the “stark dehumanisation” of African migrants after they were...
UN experts slam lack of accountability for ‘stark dehumanisation’ of African migrants at Melilla border
However, many died while trying to scale a fence which eventually collapsed on them and others are understood to have perished from injuries caused by border guards. It was marked as one of the deadliest migrant crossings in modern times. Human rights activists decried the catastrophic loss of life as “racist” and fuelled the dangerous reality of black people trying to make new lives in Europe.
The experts blasted how the migrants were being pushed back as they attempted to make the crossing because it was “irrespective of their rights under international refugee or international human rights law.”