On Sunday morning, Moroccan police pushed back hundreds of would-be irregular migrants at the border post in the Moroccan city of Fnideq, which borders the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Tensions and clashes continued throughout the day.
With our correspondent in Rabat, François Hume-Ferkatadji
Yesterday, hundreds of people, mainly Moroccans, including a significant number of minors, as well as nationals of other African countries, attempted to enter the autonomous city of Ceuta, a Spanish territory located on the African continent.
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The first of the two separation fences was broken in places, but the migrants did not manage to cross the border.
Calls on the networks
For several days, calls on social networks have encouraged candidates for irregular emigration to gather this Sunday, September 15, near the Fnideq border post to try to reach the Spanish enclave.
On September 11, Moroccan authorities announced that they had arrested 60 people accused of having disseminated these messages on the web, described as ” fake news “A major security operation was therefore put in place in the Moroccan town of Fnideq.
- RFI
