MADRID: About 2,000 migrants on Friday stormed a high fence that seals off Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla in a violent-two hour skirmish with border forces during which five migrants were killed, Spanish and Moroccan authorities said. Many 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 after daybreak in the face of resistance from Moroccan security forces. Spanish authorities said the border incursion led to 57 migrants and 49 Spanish police sustaining injuries.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 25, 2022 02:24 UTC