At least Seven migrants, including a woman, drowned Thursday while trying to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from a beach in neighbouring Morocco, officials in both countries said. The deaths come as Morocco struggles, under pressure from Spain, to limit the rising tide of sub-Saharan migrants heading to its **rthern shores in a desperate quest to reach mainland Europe. Hundreds of migrants headed out to sea from the Moroccan town of Fnideq at 6 am (0600 GMT) in a mass attempt to circumvent the six metre (20 foot) barriers that mark the land border with the Ceuta enclave, Spanish and Moroccan officials said. Authorities in Ceuta said "around 400 sub-Saharans" had taken part in the desperate bid to reach EU territory, braving the strong currents of the Strait of Gibraltar.
03-25-2014, 01:07 AM
Seven migrants drown trying to reach Spanish enclave
At least Seven migrants, including a woman, drowned Thursday while trying to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from a beach in neighbouring Morocco, officials in both countries said. The deaths come as Morocco struggles, under pressure from Spain, to limit the rising tide of sub-Saharan migrants heading to its **rthern shores in a desperate quest to reach mainland Europe. Hundreds of migrants headed out to sea from the Moroccan town of Fnideq at 6 am (0600 GMT) in a mass attempt to circumvent the six metre (20 foot) barriers that mark the land border with the Ceuta enclave, Spanish and Moroccan officials said. Authorities in Ceuta said "around 400 sub-Saharans" had taken part in the desperate bid to reach EU territory, braving the strong currents of the Strait of Gibraltar.
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