Spain deports migrants from Ceuta amid rights concerns
The short version
- Spain has returned more than a dozen sub-Saharan African and Asian migrants to Morocco after they reached Ceuta.
- The deportation is the first of its kind from Ceuta since a mass border crossing in July.
- A Spanish judge ordered the government to declassify intelligence documents related to the July border surge.
- The court ruling came amid ongoing investigation into the deadly border rush.
- Rights groups have criticized the deportations, raising concerns over migrant treatment.
What we don’t know yet
- How many migrants were deported in total?
- What specific intelligence documents were ordered to be declassified?
- What is the outcome of the judicial investigation into the July border surge?
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First reported by The Straits Times Spain deports African, Asian asylum seekers to Morocco amid rights group outcry
Al Jazeera English Spain deports migrants from Ceuta in move criticised by rights group
All 3 articles
- Al Jazeera English, left-leaningSpain deports migrants from Ceuta in move criticised by rights group
- The Straits Times, centreJudge orders Spanish government to declassify more material on Ceuta border surge
- The Straits Times, centreSpain deports African, Asian asylum seekers to Morocco amid rights group outcry