Spain: Council of Europe’s Anti-torture Committee denounces violence against migrants in Melilla

17th April 2015 | News

17 April 2015 A report by the Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) documents excessive violence at the fence border in Melilla. The report follows the CPT visit in Spain in 2014. In Melilla, migrants interviewed by the CPT referred to excessive...

Spain: New law giving legal cover to pushbacks in Ceuta and Melilla threats the right to asylum- Op-Ed by Estrella Galán, CEAR

27th March 2015 | News

27 March 2015 Op-Ed by Estrella Galán, Secretary General of CEAR, on the passing through Parliament of the Law on Public Security On October 22, 2014 we woke up to the news that an amendment to the Law on Public Security had been presented by the Popular Party, which...

Death at Europe’s doorstep: one year on and still no justice for the migrants who died off Ceuta

6th February 2015 | News

06 February 2015 One year after at least 14 migrants drown off the coast of Ceuta, in Spain, NGOs have commemorated the victims and criticized the failure of the Spanish authorities to properly investigate the circumstances of the deaths. The Spanish government...

Muižnieks urges Spain to withdraw amendment giving legal cover to pushbacks in Ceuta and Melilla

16th January 2015 | News

16 January 2015 Concluding a visit to Melilla and Madrid, Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has called on the Spanish authorities to stop the pushbacks to Morocco of migrants entering the cities of Ceuta and Melilla and to...

Spanish Parliament passes legislation allowing for unlawful summary returns in Ceuta and Melilla

12th December 2014 | News

12 December 2014 The conservative-led lower house of the Spanish parliament approved legislation on Thursday 11 December allowing for the summary expulsion to Morocco of migrants entering the country’s cities of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa. The amendment...