Spain: Accountability urged for ‘appalling’ migrant deaths in Ceuta

Headline Title:  Spain: Accountability urged for ‘appalling’ migrant deaths in Ceuta 14 February 2014 Following confirmation by Spain’s Interior Minister that police fired rubber bullets in an attempt to stop migrants from entering the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, which may have contributed to at least 11 drowning deaths, Amnesty International is calling for a full, effective and independent investigation. The drowned migrants were among some 250 sub-Saharan Africans who had been attempting to reach Spanish soil on 6 February by crossing into Ceuta via the sea from neighbouring Morocco.…

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