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Spanish minister under growing pressure over border deaths

FILE - Interior Minister of Spain Fernando Grande-Marlaska makes a statement following a ministerial meeting in Athens, Saturday, March 20, 2021. Spain’s interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska is coming under increased pressure to be more transparent about how Spanish security forces responded to a June incident at its border with Morocco that led to the deaths of at least 23 migrants in the North African enclave of Melilla. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis, File) FILE - Migrants run on Spanish soil after crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco in Melilla, Spain, Friday, June 24, 2022. Spain’s interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska is coming under increased pressure to be more transparent about how Spanish security forces responded to a June incident at its border with Morocco that led to the deaths of at least 23 migrants in the North African enclave of Melilla. (AP Photo/Javier Bernardo, File) FILE - Riot police officers cordon off the area after migrants arrive on Spanish soil and crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco, in Melilla, Spain, June 24, 2022. Spain’s interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, is coming under increased pressure to be more transparent about how Spanish security forces responded to a June incident at its border with Morocco that led to the deaths of at least 23 migrants in the North African enclave of Melilla. (AP Photo/Javier Bernardo, File)