Article 6J9R4 Refugee files complaint to UN against Spain over 2014 border deaths

Refugee files complaint to UN against Spain over 2014 border deaths

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Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
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Country accused of violating torture convention in hope of finding justice decade after incident in which at least 15 people died

A 25-year-old from Cameroon has filed a complaint to the UN against Spain, accusing the country of multiple violations of the convention against torture in hope of seeking justice after an incident in 2014 during which at least 15 people died while trying to enter Spanish territory from Morocco.

A decade has passed and still not a single person has been held accountable for the death and injury of so many," said the man, who asked to be identified by the pseudonym Ludovic.

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