OHCHR / MIGRANTS DEATHS MOROCCO SPAIN
28-Jun-2022
00:01:39
At the bi-weeekly media briefing in Geneva, UN Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani highlighted concerns regarding the situation of migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta. UNTV CH
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STORY: OHCHR / MIGRANTS DEATHS MOROCCO SPAIN
TRT: 01:39
SOURCE: UNTV CH
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 28 JUNE 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
TRT: 01:39
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 28 JUNE 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, exterior Palais des Nations, alley of the flags
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“We are deeply disturbed by the deaths of at least 23 African migrants and injury of at least 76 others as they tried to cross from Morocco into Spain on 24 June. We call on the two countries to ensure an effective and independent investigation is held as a first step towards establishing the circumstances of the deaths and injuries and any possible responsibilities and to ensure that accountability as appropriate. This is the highest recorded number of deaths in a single incident over many years of migrants attempting to cross from Morocco to Europe via the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta. Some one hundred and forty Moroccan border guards also reportedly sustained injuries during the incident.”
4. Wide shot, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“We have received reports of migrants beaten with batons, kicked, shoved, and attacked with stones by Moroccan officials as they tried to scale the barbed-wire fence separating Morocco from Melilla.”
6. Wide shot, podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“In an equally distressing development, we are deeply disturbed by reports that at least 46 bodies of migrants have been found in an abandoned truck in San Antonio Texas, in the USA, presumably after having crossed the border. This is not the first such tragedy, and it illustrates again the critical need for regular safe pathways for migration,as well as for accountability for those people whose conduct has directly led to such loss of life.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“We are deeply disturbed by the deaths of at least 23 African migrants and injury of at least 76 others as they tried to cross from Morocco into Spain on 24 June. We call on the two countries to ensure an effective and independent investigation is held as a first step towards establishing the circumstances of the deaths and injuries and any possible responsibilities and to ensure that accountability as appropriate. This is the highest recorded number of deaths in a single incident over many years of migrants attempting to cross from Morocco to Europe via the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta. Some one hundred and forty Moroccan border guards also reportedly sustained injuries during the incident.”
4. Wide shot, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“We have received reports of migrants beaten with batons, kicked, shoved, and attacked with stones by Moroccan officials as they tried to scale the barbed-wire fence separating Morocco from Melilla.”
6. Wide shot, podium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“In an equally distressing development, we are deeply disturbed by reports that at least 46 bodies of migrants have been found in an abandoned truck in San Antonio Texas, in the USA, presumably after having crossed the border. This is not the first such tragedy, and it illustrates again the critical need for regular safe pathways for migration,as well as for accountability for those people whose conduct has directly led to such loss of life.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room
STORYLINE
At the bi-weeekly media briefing in Geneva, UN Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani highlighted concerns regarding the situation of migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta.
“We are deeply disturbed by the deaths of at least 23 African migrants and injury of at least 76 others as they tried to cross from Morocco into Spain on 24 June. We call on the two countries to ensure an effective and independent investigation is held as a first step towards establishing the circumstances of the deaths and injuries and any possible responsibilities and ensuring accountability as appropriate. This is the highest recorded number of deaths in a single incident over many years of migrants attempting to cross from Morocco to Europe via the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta. Some one hundred and forty Moroccan border guards also reportedly sustained injuries during the incident,” she said.
“We have received reports of migrants beaten with batons, kicked, shoved, and attacked with stones by Moroccan officials as they tried to scale the barbed-wire fence separating Morocco from Melilla,” she added.
The UN Human Rights spokesperson called on Morocco and Spain to ensure respect for the human rights of migrants at their joint border and, in particular, that their border officers refrain from any use of excessive force against migrants. Shamdasani also called on them to take to all necessary measures - alongside the European Union, the African Union, and other relevant international and regional actors - to ensure human rights-based border governance measures are in place. These include access to safe migration pathways, access to individualised assessments, and protection from collective expulsions and from refoulement, as well as from arbitrary arrest and detention.
Shamdasani added: “In an equally distressing development, we are deeply disturbed by reports that at least 46 bodies of migrants have been found in an abandoned truck in San Antonio Texas, in the USA, presumably after having crossed the border. This is not the first such tragedy, and it illustrates again the critical need for regular safe pathways for migration, as well as for accountability for those people whose conduct has directly led to such loss of life.”
“We are deeply disturbed by the deaths of at least 23 African migrants and injury of at least 76 others as they tried to cross from Morocco into Spain on 24 June. We call on the two countries to ensure an effective and independent investigation is held as a first step towards establishing the circumstances of the deaths and injuries and any possible responsibilities and ensuring accountability as appropriate. This is the highest recorded number of deaths in a single incident over many years of migrants attempting to cross from Morocco to Europe via the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta. Some one hundred and forty Moroccan border guards also reportedly sustained injuries during the incident,” she said.
“We have received reports of migrants beaten with batons, kicked, shoved, and attacked with stones by Moroccan officials as they tried to scale the barbed-wire fence separating Morocco from Melilla,” she added.
The UN Human Rights spokesperson called on Morocco and Spain to ensure respect for the human rights of migrants at their joint border and, in particular, that their border officers refrain from any use of excessive force against migrants. Shamdasani also called on them to take to all necessary measures - alongside the European Union, the African Union, and other relevant international and regional actors - to ensure human rights-based border governance measures are in place. These include access to safe migration pathways, access to individualised assessments, and protection from collective expulsions and from refoulement, as well as from arbitrary arrest and detention.
Shamdasani added: “In an equally distressing development, we are deeply disturbed by reports that at least 46 bodies of migrants have been found in an abandoned truck in San Antonio Texas, in the USA, presumably after having crossed the border. This is not the first such tragedy, and it illustrates again the critical need for regular safe pathways for migration, as well as for accountability for those people whose conduct has directly led to such loss of life.”
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