More than 1,300 illegal migrants try to enter Spain

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Madrid, Aug 12 (IANS/EFE) More than 1,300 African migrants Tuesday tried to enter Spain illegally by sea and land in one of the biggest rushes for a better life in Europe in nearly a decade. Spain's Maritime Rescue salvaged 681 African migrants in the Strait of Gibraltar as they tried to reach Spanish soil in dinghies, a day after 300 other people, including women and children, were found on inflatable rafts in the area, as good weather and calm seas encouraged them to make the perilous journey. Meanwhile, some 700 Africans Tuesday assaulted the high fences separating Morocco and the Spanish auto**mous city of Melilla in **rthern Africa in an attempt to enter Spanish territory, security officials said. This was the second time illegal migrants made it to Melilla since July 1, when the Spanish government installed a special anti-climb mesh fencing to reinforce the border, officials said.

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