(ANSAmed) - MADRID, FEBRUARY 11 - The death toll continues to
rise from an attempt last week by 1,400 Sub-Saharan migrants to
enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco.
On Tuesday about twenty associations lodged a complaint
against the Guardia Civil, accusing it of using excessive force
to push the migrants back. Some of the migrants drowned in the
attempt to enter from the sea and one of the victims was
reportedly in Spanish territory. The Ceuta prosecutor's office
has opened an autonomous investigation.
The Guardia Civil has meanwhile released footage
corroborating its claim to having had to deal with a violent
attack by the migrants.
Another inquiry was initiated on February 7 by Defender of
the People (ombudsman) Soledad Becerril, who accused the Ceuta
government delegation. Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz,
whose resignation has been called for by some left-wing parties,
will be speaking before Congress on the matter. (ANSAmed).
