Thousands of migrants storm Spain's Melilla enclave

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2 年前

STORY: Scores more on both sides were injured, while more than 100 migrants managed to cross from Morocco in Melilla, they said.

Melilla and Ceuta, a second Spanish enclave also on Africa's northern coast, have over the past decade become a magnet for mostly sub-Saharan migrants trying to get into Europe.

Friday's attempt began around 6:40 a.m. in the face of resistance from Moroccan security forces.

At around 8:40 a.m., more than 500 migrants began to enter Melilla, jumping over the roof of a border checkpoint after cutting through fencing with a bolt cutter, the Madrid government's representative body there said in a statement.

Most were forced back but around 130 men managed to reach the enclave and were being processed at its reception center for immigrants, it added.