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10-05-2005, 10:11 AM
Upcoming reality game show "Run for the Boarder". Participants try to climb a razor wire fence while a panel of hosts wager on who will successfully make the crossing.
Africans Rush Spanish Enclave Border Again
Oct 5, 8:33 AM (ET)
By DANIEL WOOLLS
MELILLA, Spain (AP) - African immigrants defied increased security on Wednesday and staged another rush at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, the fifth in a week, the Interior Ministry said.
The national news agency Efe reported that at least 20 people were slightly injured when about 100 men, divided into two groups, tried to climb two razor-wire fences separating Morocco from Melilla. About 40 managed to get into Spain, the report said.
The Interior Ministry office in Melilla would not immediately provide any details.
Last Thursday, an estimated 500 people tried to cross the fence at Ceuta, another Spanish enclave 300 miles to the west, and five were shot and killed. Both countries are investigating the incident.
Africans seeking to escape the poverty of sub-Saharan Africa have staged 10 runs across the border since late August. Many took a year or more to travel to Morocco from their home countries to attempt to cross into Spain, which they see at a gateway to Europe and the prospect of a better life. Spain is the only European Union country that shares a border with Africa.
Last week, two groups estimated at 500 men each tried to enter Melilla and about 300 made it.
The tragedy in Ceuta two days after the incident in Melilla prompted the government to enhance the border security contingent in both Ceuta and Melilla, sending in hundreds of army troops toting automatic weapons. Previously, the paramilitary Civil Guard was in charge of border security in the enclaves.
Most of the people living in tents at the dusty camp are in legal limbo because they come from destitute countries, which lack automatic repatriation agreements that would allow Spain to send them home and their government will not take them back.
In most cases Spain does not give these people work permits or residency papers, and under Spanish law they can only be held for 40 days. Some are flown to the Spanish mainland and eventually released to fend for themselves.
A flight carrying 25 immigrants left Melilla for the mainland on Tuesday.
The presidents of Melilla and Ceuta were to travel to Madrid Wednesday to discuss the crisis with Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega.
Africans Rush Spanish Enclave Border Again
Oct 5, 8:33 AM (ET)
By DANIEL WOOLLS
MELILLA, Spain (AP) - African immigrants defied increased security on Wednesday and staged another rush at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, the fifth in a week, the Interior Ministry said.
The national news agency Efe reported that at least 20 people were slightly injured when about 100 men, divided into two groups, tried to climb two razor-wire fences separating Morocco from Melilla. About 40 managed to get into Spain, the report said.
The Interior Ministry office in Melilla would not immediately provide any details.
Last Thursday, an estimated 500 people tried to cross the fence at Ceuta, another Spanish enclave 300 miles to the west, and five were shot and killed. Both countries are investigating the incident.
Africans seeking to escape the poverty of sub-Saharan Africa have staged 10 runs across the border since late August. Many took a year or more to travel to Morocco from their home countries to attempt to cross into Spain, which they see at a gateway to Europe and the prospect of a better life. Spain is the only European Union country that shares a border with Africa.
Last week, two groups estimated at 500 men each tried to enter Melilla and about 300 made it.
The tragedy in Ceuta two days after the incident in Melilla prompted the government to enhance the border security contingent in both Ceuta and Melilla, sending in hundreds of army troops toting automatic weapons. Previously, the paramilitary Civil Guard was in charge of border security in the enclaves.
Most of the people living in tents at the dusty camp are in legal limbo because they come from destitute countries, which lack automatic repatriation agreements that would allow Spain to send them home and their government will not take them back.
In most cases Spain does not give these people work permits or residency papers, and under Spanish law they can only be held for 40 days. Some are flown to the Spanish mainland and eventually released to fend for themselves.
A flight carrying 25 immigrants left Melilla for the mainland on Tuesday.
The presidents of Melilla and Ceuta were to travel to Madrid Wednesday to discuss the crisis with Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega.