Death on the Border - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
In June 2022, shocking videos started circulating online, showing violent clashes between African migrants and Moroccan border guards. They were filmed on a tiny piece of land where Morocco meets Spain – a gateway into Europe – and show the bodies of African migrants being thrown to the ground, beaten and crushed. Twenty-four people died in the incident, and many more are still missing. Africa Eye verified dozens of videos, collected testimonies from survivors and gained exclusive access to the border infrastructure to piece together the most comprehensive investigation into the tragedy and ask – was it preventable?
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Credits:
Directed and Edited by Suzanne Vanhooymissen
Filmed and Produced by Sara Creta
Producer - Courtney Bembridge
Open Source Investigator - Benjamin Strick
Executive Producer - Karim Shah
Additional reporting and filming - Ed Thomas and Adam Walker
Narration - Nancy Kacungira
Reversioning Producer - Anna Payton, Izzy Fleming
Social Media Producer - Anusha Kumar
Production Manager - Simon Frost
Production Coordinator - Erin Osgood, Sarah Clarke
Motion Graphics - Suzanne Vanhooymissen
Field Translator - Anwar Othman Yahya
Online Editor - Rob Miller
Dubbing Mixer - Jez Spencer
Colour grader - Boyd Nagle
Africa Eye Editor -Tom Watson
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