 Dozens of African illegal immigrants who charged across the border into Spain's north African enclave of Melilla have been sent back to Morocco, officials said Friday, after a week of deadly clashes at two enclaves.
| What an interesting idea: only letting people into your country that you want. We should try that sometime. |
The 73 men from Mali were flown out of Melilla on Thursday evening to Algeciras, on the Spanish mainland, where they were they put aboard a ferry bound for the Moroccan city of Tangiers, said a police spokesman in Algeciras, under customary condition of anonymity. He said there were no plans for more deportations on Friday. Television images from Melilla showed the men, who were handcuffed, being escorted to planes by policemen. Other images showed them taking the ferry in Algeciras at night. They were the first group of immigrants to be expelled after Spanish authorities announced on Wednesday that they would turn Africans who made it into the enclave of Melilla over to Moroccan authorities. |