Massacre

2022 Melilla incident

24 Jun 2022 · 35.29° N, 2.96° W

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When
24 Jun 2022
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
37
Coordinates
35.29° N, 2.96° W
Description
event in Nador, Spanish-Moroccan border

2022 Melilla border incident

Event in Melilla, Spain

On 24 June 2022, 23 migrants and asylum seekers were killed after a crowd crush at the Melilla border fence during a conflict with Moroccan and Spanish security forces. The conflict broke out as around 2,000 migrants and asylum seekers gathered in the early hours of the day to cross the border into Spain.

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