More than 150 migrants crossed the border fence at Spain's North African en...
SAN ROQUE, Spain - More than 150 migrants crossed the border fence at Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta and briefly clashed with police on Friday, the biggest attempt to enter across the heavily guarded barrier in a year.
The far-right party Vox was quick to blame its soft stance for triggering the Ceuta incident, by creating what it labeled “a call effect”. The government said the Ceuta incident was prompted by migrants there taking advantage of thick fog. A group was later shown sitting on the ground surrounded by police. Some had cuts from razor wire, others were washing their eyes with water after apparent contact with tear gas.Recent years have seen hundreds of thousands of migrants per year attempting the journey to Europe from North Africa, with thousands dying at sea.
In the last big attempt, in August last year, 600 migrants attempted to jump the fence and 118 made it onto Spanish soil. Most were later returned to Morocco. The previous month, more than 400 crossed. The 14 men and a woman will undergo health checks and will be granted provisional permits until their asylum applications have been resolved, Spain’s government said in a statement.
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