Trying to enter Melilla, two Yemeni refugees were reportedly beaten last week at the Beni Ensar border crossing. According to the Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH) section in Nador, the two Yemeni «nationals were tortured for trying to enter the enclave to apply for asylum». Contacted by Yabiladi, president of the NGOs local office in Nador Omar Naji said that the two men were arrested by Moroccan police officers, «who tortured them at the police station before releasing them». «We have published two photos of them on Facebook, but we have many others where we can clearly see their bruises on their back and faces», said the activist, indicating that the AMDH cannot publish these photos because the two men can clearly be identified in them. According to Naji, more than «60 Yemeni nationals are currently in the region to apply for asylum at the UNHCR. Why did they torture them and then release them ?» On Friday, ANDH in Nador denounced the violent way in which authorities deal with migrants.
