MELILLA, Nov. 6 (EUROPE PRESS) –
A hundred migrants of Moroccan origin tried to access Melilla on Monday night through the double fence that separates the Spanish city from Morocco, but they were all rejected.
As reported to Europa Press by a spokesperson for the Government Delegation, “there has been an attempt by around a hundred young Moroccans to approach the border perimeter, in the vicinity of Barrio Chino, which has been aborted by the Security Forces. Moroccans”.
The aforementioned source has highlighted that, as a consequence of this episode, the Civil Guard will keep the security device deployed “as a preventive measure in case a similar situation occurs in the coming hours.”
For their part, police sources have also highlighted that on the Moroccan side they have deployed a special device in case the attempt to circumvent the fence that gives access to the Spanish city persists throughout the early hours of Monday to Tuesday.
Likewise, they have indicated that the Moroccan Auxiliary Forces, known as the “Mejannis”, have had to use anti-riot material to stop this large group of migrants when they were heading to the Melilla fence, which is why loud noises have been heard from both sides. detonations.
Meanwhile, on the Spanish side, several Civil Guard vehicles immediately headed to the area as soon as the attempt began around 11:00 p.m. this Monday, prepared in case they had to act, although in the end it was not necessary because the migrants were rejected in the same Moroccan territory by the security forces of that country.
