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Moroccan authorities have handed lengthy prison sentences to migrants who sought to reach Spain in a mass crossing that resulted in a crush killing dozens

Another 13 people have been sentenced to prison in Morocco following the attempt by about 2,000 migrants to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla in June.

The United Nations, the African Union and independent rights groups have condemned the use of excessive force by Moroccan and Spanish security personnel at the frontier between Spain and Morocco.

Morocco sentenced 13 migrants to two-and-a-half years in prison on Wednesday, their lawyer said, following a deadly mass crossing into the Spanish enclave

At least 23 migrants who died last month in a mass attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco likely "suffocated", Morocco's state-backed CNDH rights group said on Wednesday. The death toll after around 2,000 people, many from Sudan, stormed the frontier on June 24 was the worst

At least 23 migrants who died in June in a mass attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco likely “suffocated,” Morocco’s ­National Human Rights Council (CNDH) said Wednesday.

Defense attorneys have asked to postpone the trial of 36 migrants accused of "illegally entering" Morocco. The trial comes after more than 20 migrants died trying  to break through Melilla's heavily fortified fence in an attempt to reach Europe.

The trial of 36 migrants accused of “illegally entering” Morocco started Monday but was immediately halted, lawyers said, days after a mass attempt to

The Spanish prime minister condemned last weeks crossing from Morocco, which led to the deaths of 23 migrants, as "an attack on Spains borders".