Hundreds of Illegal Migrants Storm Spanish Border Fence, One Dead
(AFP) — A migrant died Sunday and 19 others were hurt after around 200 people scaled a fence to enter Spain’s Melilla enclave from northern Morocco, local Spanish authorities said.
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Spain’s Socialist Government Vows to Dismantle Border Fences Obstructing African Migrants
Spain’s new Socialist Workers’ Party government has announced it is seeking to dismantle the razorwire fences which protect the borders of Ceuta and Melilla, the country’s two exclaves on the North African coast, from mass crossings by illegal migrants.
Europe Under Siege: Hundreds of African Migrants Storm Border Fence
Hundreds of African migrants have attempted to storm border fences separating European Union territory from Africa in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, resulting in several injuries.
EU: ‘Illegal Migrants in Morocco Have European Union Refugee Rights’
The European Court of Human Rights has made a landmark ruling that migrants who cross border fences which are still outside European Union territory have ‘rights as refugees’ – meaning Spanish authorities will no longer be allowed to return illegal immigrants to Morocco who storm border fences at the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.
Spain, Morocco Break up Islamist Cell Planning to Conduct Terror Attacks
MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain say security forces there and in nearby Morocco have broken up an alleged extremist cell whose six members were actively training and planning to conduct violent attacks. Five of those detained on Wednesday are
World View: Barcelona Attackers Apparently Had Multiple Coordinated Attacks Planned
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19 Migrants Reach Spain’s Coast in Two Small Boats
MADRID (AP) — The Red Cross says that 19 migrants have arrived to Spain’s southeastern coast in two small boats.
Man Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ Attacks Police on Morocco-Spain Border
MADRID (AFP) – A knife-wielding man shouting “Allahu Akbar” charged across the border between Morocco and the Spanish territory of Melilla on Tuesday, attacking and injuring a police officer, authorities said.
Hundreds of African Migrants Rampage Through Streets After Storming Spanish Border
Hundreds of African migrants have stormed the Spanish-Moroccan border, injuring guards and pouring into the streets of Melilla.
Border Violations Triple in Spain’s Besieged African Cities
Border violations at Ceuta and Melilla, autonomous port cities on the North African coast which have been Spanish for hundreds of years, have tripled over the past month following Moroccan threats to terminate security co-operation.
VIDEO: Hundreds of Africa Migrants Storm Spanish Enclave of Melilla
About 70 sub-Saharan African migrants forced their way over a barbed wire barrier into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla on Thursday.
Walls Around The World That Work: Britain Is The Latest Country Bolstering Its Borders
President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and Jeb Bush (remember him?) have declared with one voice: America doesn’t need border walls. Meanwhile, around the rest of the Western world, walls are springing up in order to defend the sovereignty of nation states.
Two Dead, More Injured, as Over 200 Migrants Storm Spain’s Border With Africa
Hundreds of migrants stormed Spain’s border with Morocco at Ceuta early on Christmas Day. Two drowned and over 100 were intercepted, but many more reportedly reached Spanish territory. The storming of the Spanish border in the north of Ceuta took
Fence Breached As Migrants Attempt To Storm Border At Spain’s North African Enclave of Melilla
Nearly 100 migrants attempted to storm the disputed border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Saturday, with two managing to breach the metres-high fence. Authorities have said that at the weekend a number of migrants attempted to cross
