Spanish authorities say round 1,000 migrants tried unsuccessfully to climb over the barrier separating Morocco from one in all Spain’s African enclaves on Tuesday morning
MADRID — Round 1,000 migrants tried unsuccessfully to climb over the barrier separating Morocco from one in all Spain’s African enclaves on Tuesday, authorities in Spain stated.
The consultant for Spain’s authorities in Melilla stated that Moroccan border guards repelled the try whereas Spanish border guards remained positioned on the opposite aspect of the frontier.
The failed try to achieve European Union territory got here lower than per week after an unprecedented 2,500 folks tried to enter town, with 491 managing to get throughout two 6-meter (20-foot) fences onto the Spanish aspect. That was adopted a day later by one other push by some 1,200 folks, leading to one other 380 crossings.
Individuals fleeing violence or poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa typically use mass border incursions to attempt to attain Melilla and Spain’s different metropolis on the North Africa coast, Ceuta, as a springboard to continental Europe.
The makes an attempt embrace violent clashes between these crossing and the brokers charged to cease them.
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