Spain PM says Melilla migrant rush an attack on ‘territorial integrity’
4 years agoSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gestures during a press conference at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, on June 25, 2022. - The Spanish government announced on June 25, 2022 a new direct aid plan worth nine billion euros to mitigate the economic consequences of the conflict in Ukraine on the Spanish population. Presenting these measures at a press conference in Madrid, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that if we add these new measures to those of six billion euros already taken in March, these direct aids would represent until the end of the year a total of 15 billion euros, or "more than one point of GDP of our country. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday described a deadly migrant rush in the enclave of Melilla bordering Morocco as "an attack on the territorial integrity" of Spain which he blamed on "mafias that traffic in human beings"