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Migrants trying to cross the barbed wire in Ceuta and Melilla (Archive)
In a fact that has been the object of harsh criticism by human rights organizations, the Spanish Constitutional Court issued a decision that allowed the Spanish authorities to carry out automatic deportations of illegal immigrants from the regions of Ceuta and Melilla on the Moroccan coast .
Spain’s highest judicial body announced in a statement that it had ratified almost all of the 2015 Citizen Security Law, including a measure that allows the immediate return of illegal immigrants who cross the border from Morocco.
The court held that “the Ceuta and Melilla regime for the forcible return of foreigners who attempt to enter illegally over the border is consistent with the principles of the European Court of Human Rights.”
The court clarified that these expulsions must be carried out respecting the “guarantees” that are provided to foreigners in accordance with international standards adopted by Spain with “special concern” for the most vulnerable people such as minors or pregnant women.
The forced returns of the two enclaves that make up the only land border of the European Union in Africa face harsh criticism from NGOs, which consider them a violation of the right of migrants to seek asylum.
