A protester holds a sign reading "You greet the Ukrainians with flowers but because we are black you send us to hell" outside Melilla's short-stay migrants centre CETI after at least 23 migrants died trying to reach the Spanish enclave, in Melilla, Spain, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan authorities have begun prosecuting 65 migrants who joined Friday's mass attempt to cross into a Spanish enclave by storming a border post, leading to the death of at least 23 migrants, a judicial source said on Monday.
About 2,000 migrants took part in the attempt, triggering violent skirmishes with Moroccan security forces and Spanish border guards at the Melilla enclave, with about 100 managing to get across.
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