E/CN.4/2002/94 page 19 information. It was also reported that the remainder of the approximately 200 persons detained in the police round-up were taken to the border with Greece, where the Greek police allegedly forced them to return to Turkey, and that their whereabouts and situation are unknown. 71. In a letter dated 6 August 2001, the Government of Turkey provided the Special Rapporteur with information on the above-mentioned case. The Government of Turkey stated that on 7 and 8 July a group of foreigners from diverse countries in Asia and Africa had been taken into custody. It explained that during the period of custody no form of racist or discriminatory treatment against the group of African origin had occurred. The Government of Turkey stated that those in possession of valid passports or visas had been released immediately, as well as those who had previously lodged asylum applications, and that only those who had no passports or visas had been retained in custody. Those persons had voluntarily filled in the forms presented to them. The Government of Turkey explained that during the period in which they had remained in Turkish police custody, none of them had been subjected to ill-treatment, though some of the detainees had refused the medical help and food which were offered. None of them had sought asylum in Turkey and almost all of them had acknowledged that they were in Turkey illegally and were waiting for an opportunity to enter Europe. Lastly, the Government of Turkey stated that all those who were in Turkey illegally had been deported. B. Communications through normal channels Spain 72. On 15 November 2001, the Special Rapporteur sent a communication to the Government of Spain concerning the situation of two children of Moroccan nationality who were reported to have been expelled from the autonomous city of Melilla to Morocco and handed over to the Moroccan police without their families or the social services being present. It was alleged that at least one of the minors was in the care of the city. Information was also received concerning 35 cases of expulsion of Moroccan children in very similar circumstances. 73. In relation to the situation in El Ejido, referred to in the Special Rapporteur’s report to the Commission at its fifty-seventh session, the Government of Spain sent a letter dated 6 February 2001 setting out details of the follow-up to the agreements reached following the events of February 2000, in which a community of migrants had suffered violent xenophobic attacks and severe damage to their property and houses. The report presented to the Special Rapporteur indicated the steps taken to rehouse the affected migrants, pay compensation for their losses and begin regularizing their situation after their identity papers were lost or destroyed during the attacks. The Government also declared its intention to embark on a housing programme and described intercultural and social integration programmes in Almería. Concerning investigation of the events, the Government stated that the judicial authorities had been made aware of the events. Indonesia 74. On 29 October 2001, the Special Rapporteur sent the Government of Indonesia a joint communication together with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions concerning the case of a boat which had sunk off the Indonesian coast, causing the