Eighteen migrants have died and others had been injured when an enormous crowd tried to cross into the Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla, officers from neighbouring Morocco say.
Experiences say a few of those that died had fallen from the highest of a border fence.
A number of safety personnel and migrants had been admitted to hospital for remedy following clashes early on Friday.
It was the primary such tried mass crossing since Spain and Morocco resumed diplomatic ties in March.
The thaw in relations got here after Spain supported Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed area of Western Sahara.
Spanish officers say a number of hundred migrants tried to interrupt by into the enclave after reducing fencing.
Most had been pressured again however greater than 100 received by and had been being processed at a reception centre, they added.
Melilla and Ceuta, one other Spanish enclave, have lately develop into a focus for largely sub-Saharan migrants trying to succeed in Europe.
