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Violence as Migrants Storm Morocco-Spain Border Fence | |
2018-07-27 | |
The scramble over the barrier is the biggest in Ceuta since February 2017, when more than 850 It comes as Spain becomes the number one destination for A front man for the Guardia Civil police force in Ceuta told AFP the They scrambled over "all of a sudden, with much violence," and some attacked police with quicklime they had in tubes and bottles. As a result, "more than a dozen police" were maimed, four of whom had to go to hospital for burns in the face and arms. Isabel Brasero, spokeswoman for the Red Thingy, said they had to attend to 30 Eleven of them were taken to hospital for stitches and possible fractures, she added. She said that after they had climbed over the barrier, they ran to the centre that houses Ceuta and Melilla, another Spanish territory on Morocco's northern border, have the EU's only land borders with Africa, which is why many | |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#7 Is the violence a sign that it's harder to get in now? No. They’ve been doing this irregularly for some time, Shake. Wikioedia has an article here. We have plenty of reports of this kind of thing in the archives. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-27 13:47 |
#6 Crazy. Hope this doesn't happen on other borders. Is the violence a sign that it's harder to get in now? |
Posted by: Shake 2018-07-27 13:24 |
#5 Your first act in attempting asylum or refugee status is to violently storm the outpost barrier? Shoot them |
Posted by: Frank G 2018-07-27 08:33 |
#4 from sub-Saharan Africa that takes in about 2/3 of the African continent. They can't make a go of it anywhere there? They have to invade a whole nother continent? YMMV but I think that says a lot that I probably shouldn't voice. |
Posted by: AlanC 2018-07-27 07:51 |
#3 How did any of the invaders survive the claymores? |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-07-27 07:18 |
#2 As long as the Spanish hold Ceuta then they should STFU about the Rock |
Posted by: Cheaderhead 2018-07-27 06:35 |
#1 Interesting. I had never wandered google sat maps in Ceuta before. Quite a bit of area is shaded and blurred like extreme dark clouds. It is obviously the Spanish counterpart for Britain's Gibraltar. Both control access to/from the Med. |
Posted by: 3dc 2018-07-27 00:47 |