Moroccan Court of Appeal more than triple prison Sentences against 18 African immigrants to three years over The deadly broken into of Spanish Jeep in A lawyer said that June.
The immigrants were arrested after about 2000 peoplemostly from Sudan, tried to breach the border with pocket of Melilla on June 24 in Try to get to Europe. At least 23 immigrants died in Rush.
Eighteen immigrants were arrested on June 24 sentenced to three years in prison in prisonby the Court of Appeal in Nador, a town near the border with Melilla, defense Lawyer Mubarak Boerij told AFP late Thursday.
18 immigrants – among more More than 60 arrested in the wake of the Melilla tragedy – initially sentenced to 11 months in prison in prison.
Moroccan Association of Human rights condemned the ruling in Tweet criticizing what it called “oppressive judiciary” system. “
The immigrants were convicted of “Illegal entry into Morocco” “violence against Law enforcement officers, “armed assembly” and “refusal to comply.”
Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta have always been an attraction for people Fleeing violence and poverty across Africa and seeking refuge via The continent’s only land frontier with European Union.
Since the June 24 incident, dozens of Most of them are Sudanese immigrants prison terms Ranging from eight months to two years in prison without parole.
