In Europe
Last Friday, dozens of people died and many more were injured near Nador, Morocco, as they tried to cross the fence that separates Morocco from the Spanish city of Melilla. Two policemen also died in the scuffle, as some 1,500 to 2,000 people stormed the heavily fortified border between the Moroccan region of Nador and the Spanish enclave.
Spain has two autonomous cities in Northern Africa, the other being Ceuta. The two cities are Europe’s only land borders with Northern Africa.
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In a statement, the bishops of Spain insisted that migrants are not “invaders” but “human beings seeking to reach Europe, fleeing from wars and famine, aggravated by the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine, drought, and upheavals caused by climate change.”
The European bishops’ council also released a statement, calling for “the absolute respect of the human dignity and the fundamental rights of migrants and refugees,” as well as “the facilitation of appropriate screening of persons that are legitimate asylum seekers.”
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