Two cops injured as 400 migrants storm border fence in Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta
Two police officers and three migrants injured in drama
ALMOST 400 migrants have stormed through a fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
Two police officers and three migrants were reportedly injured as they forced their way through a tall fence that surrounds the Spanish city.
Ceuta and Melilla, another Spanish territory in North Africa, have the European Union's only land borders with Africa.
They are favoured entry points for African migrants seeking a better life in Europe, who either climb over the border fence or by swimming along the coast.
In 2014, 15 migrants drowned as dozens tried to swim to Ceuta from a nearby beach.
The Spanish government did not immediately respond to a request for comment or confirm the number of migrants who crossed the border. Their legal status in Spain has yet to be determined.
"Most of the people have been apprehended and we are looking for the rest so that they can immediately be processed," Juan Ignacio Zoido, Spain's interior minister, told reporters as he arrived in Brussels, adding that 20 percent of those who had stormed the border had not yet been found.
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.
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