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African migrant’s storm wire border fence trying to enter Spanish territory

Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:14 UTC
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More than 1,000 illegal African migrants tried to enter Spanish territory by scaling a 6 meters wire border fence on New Year's Day. Fifty Moroccan and five Spanish officers were injured as they clashed with armed men carrying metal bars and rocks trying to break through the gates to access the border fences of Ceuta and Melilla. Read full article

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  • Marti Llazo

    “Enclaves” ?

    You mean the Spanish colonies of Cueta and Melilla?

    Jan 02nd, 2017 - 12:26 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • golfcronie

    OK for Spanish Authorities to have colonies in Morocco? Clearly Spanish as the writing on the CUV is in Spanish

    Jan 02nd, 2017 - 12:43 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • EscoSesDoidao

    And the Spanish Gov have the cheek to complain about Gib?

    Jan 02nd, 2017 - 04:26 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Brit Bob

    Funny people the Spanish, they argue that Gibraltar has no territorial waters while Ceuta does. For a government of a western democratic country to argue such a thing is really strange. And this is why they're wrong,

    Gibraltar – Territorial Waters:-

    https://www.academia.edu/30105020/Gibraltar_Territorial_Waters

    Jan 02nd, 2017 - 04:32 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Marti Llazo

    @BB “...Funny people the Spanish.”

    Yup.

    (Africa begins at the Pyrenees).

    Jan 02nd, 2017 - 05:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • EscoSesDoidao

    Grassyarses.

    Jan 02nd, 2017 - 06:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    I hope all those African migrant’s give Spain the headache she deserves,
    Still, with friends like Spain, who needs enemies..

    Jan 02nd, 2017 - 07:37 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • DemonTree

    And two were found hidden in a car, and one in a suitcase. All suffering from lack of air. More and more people risking their lives to get to Europe.

    Jan 02nd, 2017 - 11:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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