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09/30/2005:

"African migrants die in quest for new life"

Spanish border police armed with riot gear and rubber bullets faced hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans prepared to risk their lives yesterday to get across the razorwire-topped perimeter fence around a Spanish enclave in north Africa in an attempt to claim immigrant status.

Two would-be immigrants died on the Spanish side of Ceuta's frontier and the bodies of three more were found on the Moroccan side after they tried to storm over the border shortly before dawn.

One bled to death after his neck was caught on the razorwire and another was trampled and suffocated during the stampede, Spanish media reports said.

According to unconfirmed reports, Moroccan police fired into a crowd of 500 people trying to scale the double, three-metre (10ft) high fence using scaling ladders made from branches and string. One of the three victims on the Moroccan side was reportedly a baby.
guardian.co.uk

Nothing reveals the true colors of a 'leftist' European regime than confronting the legacy of its colonial past. Why is there a 'Spanish enclave' in Ceuta?
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