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More than 100 migrants manage to jump border fence into Spain


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Seven Civil Guard officers were injured in the incident in the North African exclave of Ceuta. Less than a month ago, another 602 people made the crossing.

 

More than 100 migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa this morning jumped over the border fence separating Morocco from the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta. According to the Civil Guard Union (AUGC), seven Civil Guard officers were injured in the incident, and a yet-to-be-determined number of migrants were also hurt. At least one Civil Guard officer was taken to hospital, AUGC reported.

 

According to sources from the central government’s delegation in Ceuta, 115 people crossed the fence at Finca Berrocal, one of the weakest sections along the border due to blind spots where cameras cannot detect migrants. It is the same point where 602 migrants made a violent coordinated jump on July 26. Around 300 people took part in today’s attempt.

 

As in the July attempt, the migrants used shears to cut through the fence and threw “quicklime, battery acid and feces†at officers, according to sources from the government delegation.

 

“Some jumped and others have crossed through,†said one Civil Guard officer, who described the incident as “violent and aggressive.â€

 

The jump coincided with celebrations for the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha in Morocco, a date that is also a holiday in Ceuta.

 

“It happened just as the prayer before the animal sacrifice was being said,†explained the Civil Guard officer.

 

Given many officers were on summer vacations and the fact that it was a regional holiday, “fewer than 10 officers†were guarding the border fence, they added. For months associations such as AUGC have been calling for more resources to guard the double fence, which is six meters high, 8.4 kilometers long and topped with razor wire.

 

Once the migrants entered Ceuta, they headed toward a local Temporary Immigration Detention Center (CETI), yelling “Boza! Boza!†which means “victory†in the Fula language. Some of the locals celebrating Eid al-Adha provided the new arrivals with water and food.

 

Red Cross ambulances, which had been observing the morning prayer, were forced to leave their station and urgently go to the CETI to treat the migrants who had cuts, mild bruising and other injuries.

 


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