"It was a day of pain and rage," demonstrator Luisa Menendez, 73, told Reuters, referring to June 24, 2022. In a report released to mark the anniversary, Amnesty International accused Spain and Morocco of a cover-up for failing to properly investigate events at the Melilla border last year. In the incident, around 2,000 migrants and refugees from sub-Saharan Africa attempted to enter Melilla from Morocco. Separately, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights said last month there is "no genuine and effective access to asylum at the border" between Nador (Morocco) and Melilla. Reporting by Joan Faus and Elena Rodriguez Editing by Alexandra Hudson and Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: Luna Reyes, Read, Luisa Menendez, Spain, Beatriz Sanchez, Joan Faus, Elena Rodriguez, Alexandra Hudson, Frances Kerry Organizations: Borders, Moroccan, Reuters, Amnesty International, Amnesty, Spain's Interior Ministry, Migration Affairs, of, Human Rights, Thomson Locations: Spanish, Morocco, Spain, El, Ceuta, MADRID, BARCELONA, Europe, Melilla, Madrid, Africa, Nador