Crossing the razor wire into Spanish territories

Oct 17, 2014

Crossing the razor wire into Spanish territories

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World melilla, Morocco, Spain

African migrants attempt to climb a border fence between Morocco and Spain’s Melilla.

: African migrants sit on top of a border fence covered in razor wire between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla during their latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory. Spain has more than doubled the strength of security forces at Melilla, after about 500 people stormed its fences in the biggest border rush for years earlier this month. Immigrants from all over Africa regularly dare the razor-wire fences of Spanish enclaves Ceuta and Melilla, which are surrounded by Moroccan territory and sea. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: Vehicles from the Spanish Civil Guard are seen positioned at a border fence covered in razor wire as African migrants try to climb it during their latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory, between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla on May 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: African migrants climb a border fence covered in razor wire during their latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla on May 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: African migrants climb a border fence covered in razor wire during their latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla on May 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: An African migrant rests on a border fence covered in razor wire during a latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory, between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla on May 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: African migrants climb a border fence, as Spanish Civil Guard officers stand under them, during a latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory, between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla on May 17, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: A Spanish Civil Guard pulls an African migrant from a border fence, as Spanish Civil Guard officers stand underneath, during an attempt to cross into Spanish territories, between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla on October 15, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: African migrants sit atop a border fence, as Spanish Civil Guard officers stand underneath, during an attempt to cross into Spanish territories, between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla on October 15, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: An African migrant is lowered down from a border fence by a Spanish Civil Guard as fellow migrants assist, at the border between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla during the latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory on April 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: African migrants sit on top of a border fence between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla during their latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory on April 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: An African migrant is lowered down from a border fence by a Spanish Civil Guard as fellow migrants assist, at the border between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla during the latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory on April 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: An African migrant scales a border fence between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla during their latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory on April 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: African migrants sit on top of a border fence between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla during their latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory on April 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: African migrants sit on top of a border fence between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla during their latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory on April 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: African migrants sit on top of a border fence covered in razor wire between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla during their latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory on April 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

: African migrants sit on top of a border fence covered in razor wire between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Melilla during their latest attempt to cross into Spanish territory on April 3, 2014. (REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda)

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