A heavily overloaded vans with 52 migrants on board broke through a barrier at the border between Morocco and Spain.
At the heavily fortified transition to the Spanish exclave Ceuta the Moroccan driver of the transporter raced at full speed through the control at the transition Tarajal, reported the news agency Europa Press, citing police sources.
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Blue gate of the border plant, which the transporter tore from the hinges
Thus, the people forced into the vehicle were 34 men, 16 women and two minors from Sub-Saharan Africa. Four migrants were injured and taken to hospital. The Moroccan driver was arrested, as the newspaper "El Faro de Ceuta" reported.
The phenomenon of ramming through the border with a car, there is already since 2013. However, it has so far been smaller vehicles with few inmates, police said.
Spain has two non-European territories in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla. Near the two areas, tens of thousands of Africans are waiting for an opportunity to enter the EU.
Most of the time they try to overcome the six meter high double border fence that separates them from Spanish territory. There are always injured. At the end of August, about 150 migrants succeeded in climbing over the fence.