African migrants cross border fence into Spanish enclave Ceuta
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MADRID- Hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants forced their way on Friday morning over a barbed-wire fence into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, which borders Morocco.
Television footage showed migrants perched on the top of the fence as they tried to get over. Several people were injured after storming the barrier, emergency services said.
Over 800 migrants attempted to cross into Spain with a little over half successful and taken to a temporary migrant detention centre to await their legal status in Spain, the government said.
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 attempt a dangerous swim along the coastline.
