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Van with 50 migrants inside smashes through border between Morocco and Spain’s enclave of Ceuta
- The white van raced toward the border ‘at full speed’ and ‘smashed’ a border gate, said a spokesman for Spanish police in Ceuta
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A speeding van carrying 50 migrants smashed through a border barrier between Morocco and Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday.
The white van raced toward the border “at full speed” and “smashed” a border gate, said a spokesman for Spanish police in Ceuta.
There were 50 sub-Saharan migrants inside the vehicle, including women and children, he added.
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Police detained the driver of the van which had French licence plates.
Footage shot by the local Faro de Ceuta television showed police escorting the migrants to a Red Cross post where they received medical aid. The front of the van was badly dented, the images showed.
Spain’s two North African enclaves, Ceuta and Melilla, have the European Union’s only land borders with Africa.
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