Spanish border stormed by migrants from Morocco

Wednesday 28 May 2014 16:35 BST

A wounded sub-Saharan migrant is helped by others as they arrive at a Temporary Centre for Immigrants (CETI) after scaling a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla

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More than 400 migrants stormed across a barbed-wire border fence in Spanish territory of Melilla, in one of the biggest crossings in nearly a decade.

About 1,000 sub-Saharans joined in the dawn attempt to enter Melilla, a tempting target for Africans desperate to reach Europe as it forms one of only two land crossings. Some were treated for "very light injuries" in a clinic at Melilla's immigration reception centre.

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