A Spanish official says more than 200 migrants have stormed a 6m-high
barbed wire border fence to enter Spain's northwest African enclave of
Melilla from Morocco - the second such crossing in a week.
Carlos
Montero, who runs a temporary accommodation center for migrants, told
Spanish National Radio that the incident occurred on Friday. He says the
center, which was intended to house 500, now has 1 300 migrants, mostly
from sub-Saharan Africa.
Melilla is surrounded by Morocco and the
Mediterranean Sea. Migrants trying to get to Europe camp on the
Moroccan side, waiting for the chance to scale the fence.
Thousands try each year to enter the city and Spain's other coastal enclave, Ceuta.
On 6 February, at least 15 migrants drowned while trying to enter Ceuta by sea.
