Belarra requests by letter to Marlaska and Albares an investigation into the deaths in Melilla and to guard the recordings

After the silence in the press room, the claim came in writing.

The Minister of Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda,

, has formally requested the Interior and Foreign Ministries that the Government promote an "independent investigation" into the deaths in Melilla last Friday.

In a letter addressed to

and

, the general secretary of

stresses that the Executive must "show maximum transparency about the actions carried out by the Moroccan security forces, as well as the maximum respect and solidarity with the victims and their families.

For this, it considers that the custody of the recordings and communications that took place last Friday must be guaranteed, when 37 sub-Saharan migrants -according to the count of various NGOs- died when they tried to cross the fence that separates Morocco from Melilla.

"We believe it is especially important that the recordings of all the cameras located in the area in Spanish territory on June 24, as well as all the communications made and received, be saved immediately and with all the guarantees," the head of Social Rights demands. .

In this way, United We Can transmit within the Executive its discomfort with what happened in Melilla after the minister spokesperson, the socialist Isabel Rodríguez, denied the speaking turn to the Minister of Equality and number two of Podemos up to five times , Irene Montero, this Tuesday after the Council of Ministers.

In addition, so that the victims of this tragedy can receive a "dignified burial", the minister has requested that consular work be launched "as a matter of urgency to guarantee the identification of the victims and the location of their families".

The minister has also highlighted in her letter that she is convinced of sharing "the objective that all our domestic and foreign policy be consistent with respect for human rights and the 2030 Agenda" and encourages the Government as a whole to rethink the migration model and the border externalization system

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