Dozens of Moroccan illegal immigrants attempted to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla via the Moroccan border town of Nador on New Year's Eve, an NGO said on Twitter on Sunday.
According to the Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH), "
dozens of young Moroccans tried to cross
" to Melilla, in northern Morocco, via the Nador border post, and "
despite the police force, some managed to get in
."
It was not possible to confirm this information with the Moroccan authorities.
On June 24, nearly 2,000 illegal immigrants, mostly from Sudan, tried to enter Melilla
via
Nador.
This attempt was preceded by violent clashes for several days between migrants and Moroccan forces in clandestine camps set up around Nador.
The tragedy killed 23 migrants, according to the Moroccan authorities, 27 according to the AMDH.
This toll is the heaviest ever recorded during one of the many attempts by migrants to enter Melilla and the neighboring Spanish enclave of Ceuta, the European Union's only land borders with the African continent.
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