Hundreds of Migrants Storm Border Fence to Enter Spain’s Ceuta

Around 800 migrants stormed border fences separating Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco to enter Europe, according to Spanish police.
Sixteen migrants and ten officers from Spain’s Guardia Civil received hospital treatment following Thursday morning’s incident, during which the group bombarded agents with quicklime, sticks, stones and bags of excrement as well as aerosols used as flame throwers, the force said in a statement.
The incident followed renewed warnings about Spain’s ability to adjust with the rising number of migrants and refugees who have been arriving on its southern coast. It also came just hours before the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, was to meet the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to discuss the EU’s response to the migration crisis.
Spain’s Civil Guard said 602 of the migrants made it onto Spanish soil in a massive assault on high, razor-wire fences shortly after dawn.
It also comes as the Spanish system struggles to cope with surging numbers of arrivals. The country is now the largest gateway for migrants. The International Organization for Migration says so far this year more than 22,700 migrants have arrived in Spain — three times more than in the same period last year.
Town councils, police unions and NGOs in southern Spain have complained that they simply do not have the resources to deal with the number of people arriving.
> Shiuly Rina