Migrant caught hiding in a suitcase to get into EU … as mob of 1,100 storm fence desperate to get into same Spanish enclave, injuring 50 cops including one who lost an eye

A MIGRANT has been found hidden inside a suitcase in an audacious attempt to smuggle himself into Spain.

The incredible incident was followed by 1,100 migrants storming a border fence in the same Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco which resulted in 50 cops being injured including one who lost an eye.

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Police released a photo of the 19-year-old man from Gabon who had managed to squeeze himself inside the cramped bag.

A Moroccan woman who was carrying the suitcase was arrested by the Spanish Civil Guard on December 30.

Then, in the early hours of the New Year, more than 1,000 men tried to jump a high double fence at the same location.

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A violent brawl ensued that resulted in one officer losing an eye, local authorities said.

The migrants, from sub-Saharan Africa, were trying to reach Europe and stormed the border fence just after 4 am local time on New Year's Day.

The incident was described as "extremely violent and organised", said the central government's representative office in Ceuta.

None however managed to get through aside from two who were badly injured and taken to hospital.

A similar assault on December 9 saw more than 400 migrants enter the tiny enclave.

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They tried "to force open some of the doors in the external fence, using iron bars, wire cutters and large stones with which they assaulted Moroccan forces and Guardia Civil agents," it added.

Five Spanish policemen and 50 members of the Moroccan forces were injured, including one who lost an eye, it said.

Ceuta and Melilla, another Spanish territory in North Africa, have the European Union's only land borders with Africa.

They are one of the entry points for African migrants seeking a better life in Europe, who get there by either climbing over the border fence, swimming along the coast or hiding in vehicles.

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