The storming of the Spanish border in the north of Ceuta took place in the early hours of Friday morning, with the migrants attempting either to swim to Spanish-claimed territory or climb over a barbed wire fence, reports The Local.
Local authorities say that of the 200 or so migrants who tried to swim from Morocco, two were pulled dead from the waters and another 104 intercepted. Police trying to protect the border against the onslaught themselves sustained injury after coming under fire from stones and sticks thrown by the migrants.
Red Cross volunteers in Ceuta said they were treating 185 migrants who did get into Spanish territory. A dozen of that number were hospitalized for more serious injuries including an open leg fracture, deep cuts, symptoms of drowning, and hypothermia.
Those well enough to avoid hospitalization were equipped by the Red Cross with clothing and shoes, before being taken to a temporary migrant detention center. This follows the normal practice of not sending back those migrants who reach Spanish territory, instead allowing them to submit asylum claims.
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6 comments:
Yet again, swarms of able-bodied fighting age men. If conditions are so bad in Africa, they need to take an honest look at who is making life miserable there for them: other Africans. More specifically, Islamic Africans.
They ought to defend their borders, but with live fire. If they started picking them off the top of that "barrier" as fast as they swarm over, they'll think twice about it.
"migrants"
They should have set up machine guns and whipped them out, it was an invasion.
Obama says bring us all your wonderful muslims
It was an invasion, albeit not an armes invasion but an invasion just the same and should have been treated in the same manner as any group trying to ivade your country. These people know they would not be allowed in through the regular process of imigration so they group together and invade!
A water canon will fix this problem nicely!
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