On Tuesday 3 October, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Spain to pay €5,000 to two migrants of sub-Saharan origin who were part of a collective expulsion to Morocco.
In August 2014, the two migrants – one Malian national and one Ivorian – were caught trying to climb over the gates of the Spanish enclave of Melilla on the North African coast. They were sent back to Morocco without being subjected to an identification procedure and in the absence of any prior...