A 19-year-old migrant made a desperate attempt to be
smuggled into Spain by curling up inside a suitcase.A Moroccan woman was
arrested after the Gabon national was found stashed away inside the case in
Cueta, a Spanish enclave next to Morocco in north Africa.
It comes as more than 1,100 desperate migrants stormed a
border fence just hours into 2017 in an attempt to reach the Spanish territory.They were trying to cross into the Spanish enclave but were
met with a tall barbed wire fence and dozens of police. Dozens of the migrants
managed to scale the security fence, but were involved in in a tense stand-off
with officers before many were lifted down with cranes.Footage shows the men clinging on to the sharp fences, with
one clearly exhausted falling before being handed a bottle of water from a
member of the police.
Only two people were allowed into Ceuta to be taken to
hospital while the rest were returned to Morocco, the Spanish government said
in a statement.The statement also said five Spanish police were injured
after migrants used rocks and metal bars to try and break through gates to
access the fence and clashed with authorities.The red cross were also in attendance at the incident.
Spain's two enclaves in Morocco, Ceuta and Melilla, are
often used as entry points into Europe for African migrants, who either climb
over their border fences or try to swim along the coast.
Spain has drawn criticism from human rights groups for
allowing some migrants to be immediately turned back to Morocco in such
incidents.
They argue that skipping the lengthier deportation
procedures deprives people of the opportunity to claim asylum.
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