the trial of the 65 migrants postponed to July 12

Written by Kawtar Chaat on Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Moroccan justice has decided to postpone until July 12 the trial of 65 migrants, mostly Sudanese, for their participation in the deadly attack of June 24 once morest Melillia.

The prosecution of the Nador court of first instance charged 37 migrants with “illegal entry on Moroccan soil”, “violence once morest law enforcement officers”, “armed crowd” and “refusal to comply”.

Another group of 28 immigrants will also be tried for “participation in a criminal gang to organize and facilitate illegal immigration abroad”.

Indeed, new lawyers associated with this trial must defend migrants, mostly from Darfur, in western Sudan which is suffering from a serious food crisis and inter-community clashes, while other immigrants are Chadians. and Malians.

The defense requested the conditional release of all the defendants, but the prosecution rejected this request in view of the “seriousness of the facts” attributed to them.

For the record, at least 23 irregular migrants died and 140 police officers were injured, according to Moroccan local authorities.