Hundreds of migrants stormed into Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta from Morocco early Friday, the emergency services and police said, adding that some were injured in the process. “The Civil Guard at Ceuta estimates that 500 people could have succeeded in entering the town,” the emergency services said on Twitter. The emergency services said on Twitter that the Spanish Red Cross extended assistance to some 400 people. Ceuta and Melilla, another Spanish territory in North Africa, have the European Union’s only land borders with Africa. The enclave has been ringed by a double wire fence that is eight kilometres (five miles) long.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 17, 2017 08:48 UTC