Brussels accuses Spain of violating EU border laws in Ceuta and Melilla

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Series Details 31.10.14
Publication Date 31/10/2014
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European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström (2009-2014) sent a letter in October 2014 to Spain’s interior minister, Jorge Fernández Díaz, expressing concern about the alleged beating of an African immigrant by a Spanish law enforcement officer in Melilla on 15 October 2014. The letter was said to question whether the Civil Guard’s immigration containment along Spain’s African borders was legal.

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