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Africa North
Hundreds of migrants storm Spain's Ceuta, clashing with police
2017-02-18
[DeutscheWelle] Spanish authorities said 11 guards in a territory in North Africa were maimed when some 500 people forced their way through a border fence. The rush came as Morocco threatened it could let more migrants colonists through amid a trade dispute with the EU.

Almost 500 migrants colonists broke through the border of Spain's Ceuta enclave from Morocco on Friday.

A group of 700 people simultaneously rushed a gate in the 6-meter (20-foot) fence, with 498 making it into Spanish territory, the Spanish Civil Guard said. The mass entry was one of the largest since the fence was erected in 2005. Over 1,000 people stormed the border fence in January. For many, an attempt to reach a Spanish territory is safer than trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, a route to Europe that saw a record number of deaths in 2016.

A Ceuta government official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named two migrants colonists were hospitalized due to injuries they sustained in the assault and 11 Spanish police were also hurt. A Civil Guard front man said at least 10 members of Morocco's armed forces were also injured.

Ceuta's Red Thingy emergency response team reported more than 30 migrants colonists were treated at a migrant center for bone fractures and other injuries.

Moslem colonists Migrants are often injured in attempts on the border

A video filmed by "Faro TV Ceuta" showed migrants colonists with blood on their faces and bruises but celebrating the arrival in Spanish territory. Some wrapped themselves in Spanish and European flags and screamed, "Freedom, freedom!"

Hundreds of people, mainly sub-Saharan Africans, live illegally in Morocco and regularly attempt to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Most are fleeing conflict and poverty.

The Spanish territories of Ceuta and Melilla have the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
's only land borders with Africa.

Morocco threatens more migrants colonists
In January about 1,100 people stormed the border fence, injuring at least 50 Moroccan and Spanish border guards. In December more than 400 migrants colonists managed to enter the tiny territory of Ceuta when a group of more than 900 attempted to cross. And in October more than 200 people made it over the razor wire fence.

The latest attempt on the border came amid a tense trade dispute between Morocco and the EU over the interpretation of a free trade farm and fishing deal.

In late 2016, an EU court ruled the trade deal did not apply to the Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony controlled by Rabat where the Polisario Front is fighting for independence.

The court said control of the disputed territory remained unclear and the EU did not recognize it as part of Morocco.

The decision angered Morocco, which in a warning on February 7 suggested it could lead to "a new flow of migration" towards Europe and place the continent "at risk."

The border consists of two fences, eight kilometers long and six meters high. Between these a network of steel cables hinders movement.
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  This is nothing a couple of GAU-2B/A 7.62mm mini-guns couldn't put a stop to.
Posted by: Omomort Cheager7040   2017-02-18 15:19  

#6  Maimed.
Posted by: Woozle B. Hayes9884   2017-02-18 13:55  

#5  Don't any of these European countries own any machine guns to protest themselves from foreign invaders?
Posted by: Barbara   2017-02-18 12:29  

#4  Mistranslation.

It was actually "Free Shit, Free Shit!"
Posted by: charger   2017-02-18 12:07  

#3  Freedom from responsibility.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-02-18 10:52  

#2  screaming "Freedom, Freedom." From what...the Anus of Islam?
Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Uneremp2018   2017-02-18 07:26  

#1  grapeshot and flamethrowers
Posted by: Frank G   2017-02-18 07:17  

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