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Spain: Three refugees found dead in Valencia

01 March 1995

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On 6 March three refugee stowaways were found dead on a ship in Valencia harbour - they had been hidden in a pile of wood and probably died from suffocation. It is feared there may be a fourth dead person as when the ship left the port of San Pedro in the Ivory Coast six people were seen going on board and only two survivors were found locked in a cabin. The captain would not allow the Red Cross or the immigrants' lawyer of "Comisiones Obreras" (a trade union) to go on board. Although the representative of the government ordered the public prosecutor to open an investigation the ship was allowed to leave. On 25 January a ship with three Liberian stowaways on board docked at Pasaia harbour (Basque country). Both the Red Cross and SOS Arrazakeria-SOS Racismo were denied access to the people and they remained locked up until the ship left. This is becoming more and more usual, shipowners and captains will not allow access thus denying refugee stowaways their right to claim asylum. Kontrola Kontrolpean, Donostia, Euskadi (Spain).

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