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Africa North |
Hundreds of migrants storm Spain's Ceuta, clashing with police |
2017-02-18 |
[DeutscheWelle] Spanish authorities said 11 guards in a territory in North Africa were maimed when some 500 people forced their way through a border fence. The rush came as Morocco threatened it could let more Almost 500 A group of 700 people simultaneously rushed a gate in the 6-meter (20-foot) fence, with 498 making it into Spanish territory, the Spanish Civil Guard said. The mass entry was one of the largest since the fence was erected in 2005. Over 1,000 people stormed the border fence in January. For many, an attempt to reach a Spanish territory is safer than trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, a route to Europe that saw a record number of deaths in 2016. A Ceuta government official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named two Ceuta's Red Thingy emergency response team reported more than 30 A video filmed by "Faro TV Ceuta" showed Hundreds of people, mainly sub-Saharan Africans, live illegally in Morocco and regularly attempt to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Most are fleeing conflict and poverty. The Spanish territories of Ceuta and Melilla have the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 's only land borders with Africa. Morocco threatens more In January about 1,100 people stormed the border fence, injuring at least 50 Moroccan and Spanish border guards. In December more than 400 The latest attempt on the border came amid a tense trade dispute between Morocco and the EU over the interpretation of a free trade farm and fishing deal. In late 2016, an EU court ruled the trade deal did not apply to the Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony controlled by Rabat where the Polisario Front is fighting for independence. The court said control of the disputed territory remained unclear and the EU did not recognize it as part of Morocco. The decision angered Morocco, which in a warning on February 7 suggested it could lead to "a new flow of migration" towards Europe and place the continent "at risk." The border consists of two fences, eight kilometers long and six meters high. Between these a network of steel cables hinders movement. |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#7 This is nothing a couple of GAU-2B/A 7.62mm mini-guns couldn't put a stop to. |
Posted by: Omomort Cheager7040 2017-02-18 15:19 |
#6 Maimed. |
Posted by: Woozle B. Hayes9884 2017-02-18 13:55 |
#5 Don't any of these European countries own any machine guns to protest themselves from foreign invaders? |
Posted by: Barbara 2017-02-18 12:29 |
#4 Mistranslation. It was actually "Free Shit, Free Shit!" |
Posted by: charger 2017-02-18 12:07 |
#3 Freedom from responsibility. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-02-18 10:52 |
#2 screaming "Freedom, Freedom." From what...the Anus of Islam? |
Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Uneremp2018 2017-02-18 07:26 |
#1 grapeshot and flamethrowers |
Posted by: Frank G 2017-02-18 07:17 |