![]() The gates of the buffer zone the day after the incident | |
Date | 24 June 2022 |
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Location | Barrio Chino border crossing between Morocco and Spain |
Deaths | 23 migrants |
Non-fatal injuries |
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Missing | 70 migrants |
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.[1] Conflict broke out as between around 2,000 migrants and asylum seekers gathered in the early hours of the day to cross the border with Spain.[2][3]