250 immigrants storm borders to enter Spain Around 250 immigrants successfully crossed border fences to enter Spains north African enclave of Melilla on Tuesday morning, Spanish press are reporting. Around 500 African immigrants attempted to climb the border fences at around 8am on Tuesday, Spains El País newspaper reported. Some 250 managed to enter Melilla, singing bosa bosa, or victory, victory on arrival, the paper said, citing agency reporters on the ground. The men who said they were from Mali are now being attended at the citys temporary refugee centre CETI. Some presented with minor injuries and are being treated by the Red Cross. More than 530 immigrants managed to clamber over the border fences separating Morocco and Melilla in January and February. That is more than triple the monthly average for 2013. Spains interior minister Jorge Fernández Díaz recently described the situation in Melilla and Ceuta as a state of emergency. On February 6th, 15 immigrants died while trying to swim around a breakwater to reach land in Ceuta. Spains interior ministry initially rubber bullets had been fired at the group, but later admitted this was the case. Source: The Local
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:35:04 +0000
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