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Refugee massacre in Spanish colonial enclave of Melilla just ahead of Nato’s Madrid summit – a mere coincidence?
Spain is seeking Nato protection for Melilla, where the massacre occurred, and Ceuta, its other colonial enclave on the north African coast. The Nato summit declared irregular migration from Africa to be a threat to the ‘state security’ of its members, reports PAVAN KULKARNI
People shout slogans during a protest over the deaths of at least 23 people at the border between the Spanish enclave of Melilla and Morocco grow at Callao square in Madrid, Spain, Friday, July 1, 2022.
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A KEY agenda of the Spanish government in the Nato summit which concluded in Madrid last week was to turn its colonial enclaves on the north African coast, Ceuta and Melilla, into Nato protectorates.
Melilla is where dozens of African refugees were massacred on June 24.
Several reports indicate that Nato has agreed to extend protection to these north African cities of Spain.
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