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Violence as Migrants Storm Morocco-Spain Border Fence
A regular occurrence. Reportedly they are caught pretty quickly, as apparently there aren't that many places to hide in the enclave.
[AnNahar] Some 400 migrants colonists from sub-Saharan Africa reached Spain Thursday after storming a double barrier between Morocco and the Spanish territory of Ceuta, with some attacking security forces with quicklime, police said.

The scramble over the barrier is the biggest in Ceuta since February 2017, when more than 850 migrants colonists entered the overseas territory over four days.

It comes as Spain becomes the number one destination for migrants colonists crossing the Mediterranean by boat, surpassing Italia with 19,586 arrivals so far this year, according to the International Organization for Migration.

A front man for the Guardia Civil police force in Ceuta told AFP the migrants colonists managed to climb over the double barrier, which is covered in small blades, early on Thursday morning.

They scrambled over "all of a sudden, with much violence," and some attacked police with quicklime they had in tubes and bottles.

As a result, "more than a dozen police" were maimed, four of whom had to go to hospital for burns in the face and arms.

Isabel Brasero, spokeswoman for the Red Thingy, said they had to attend to 30 migrants colonists with injuries, none serious.

Eleven of them were taken to hospital for stitches and possible fractures, she added.

She said that after they had climbed over the barrier, they ran to the centre that houses migrants colonists once they arrive in Spanish territory.

Ceuta and Melilla, another Spanish territory on Morocco's northern border, have the EU's only land borders with Africa, which is why many migrants colonists try to reach them.
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-27
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