Spanish authorities failed to uphold domestic and international law in returning to Morocco nearly 500 migrants following a mass border crossing in which at least 23 people died, the country's civil rights ombudsman said in an interim report on Friday.
On June 24, the Spanish authorities said up to 2,000 migrants stormed the high fence that seals off Spain's North African enclave of Melilla and engaged in a two-hour skirmish with border officers.
