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| The latest: 2 dead as 200 Africans try to swim to Spain | The latest: 2 dead as 200 Africans try to swim to Spain |
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| MADRID — The latest developments as tens of thousands of people flee to Europe in search of asylum. All times local. | MADRID — The latest developments as tens of thousands of people flee to Europe in search of asylum. All times local. |
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| Moroccan and Spanish news agencies say over 200 migrants tried swim to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta and although 180 made it, two drowned, 12 were injured and others intercepted were before reaching Spanish soil. | |
| The Moroccan state news service MAP says several Moroccan officers were injured by sticks and stones from the migrants and police have opened an investigation. | |
| Spanish television broadcaster TVE showed images of Red Cross ambulances attending to and feeding dozens of migrants. The Africans were covered in red towels, next to a 9-meter (30-feet) high-barbed wire fence that juts out into the Mediterranean Sea at Ceuta’s western border with Morocco. | |
| The International Organization for Migration says more than 1 million people have entered Europe this year, driven out of their homelands by war, poverty or persecution. | |
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| 2:25 p.m. | 2:25 p.m. |
| Moroccan and Spanish news agencies say over 200 migrants tried swim to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta and although 180 made it, two drowned, 12 were injured and others intercepted were before reaching Spanish soil. | Moroccan and Spanish news agencies say over 200 migrants tried swim to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta and although 180 made it, two drowned, 12 were injured and others intercepted were before reaching Spanish soil. |
| Citing local government sources, the Morocco state news service MAP says the migrants made the swim at around 2 a.m. but 104 were stopped by Moroccan forces. | Citing local government sources, the Morocco state news service MAP says the migrants made the swim at around 2 a.m. but 104 were stopped by Moroccan forces. |
| Spanish state broadcaster TVE showed images of migrants being helped by rescue services in Spain and reported that around 180 were believed to have come ashore and that some had climbed onto a border fence. | Spanish state broadcaster TVE showed images of migrants being helped by rescue services in Spain and reported that around 180 were believed to have come ashore and that some had climbed onto a border fence. |
| Thousands of African migrants try to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla each year hoping to reach a better life in Europe. Spain says 15 drowned trying to reach Ceuta last year. | Thousands of African migrants try to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla each year hoping to reach a better life in Europe. Spain says 15 drowned trying to reach Ceuta last year. |
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