The Moroccan Gendarmerie apprehended earlier this morning more than a hundred Sub-Saharan immigrants in the vicinity of the Ceuta border. The migrants were allegedly attempting to enter Spanish territory through a mass attempt to breach the border fence.
Police sources confirmed to EFE that various Moroccan units conducted raids in recent hours upon discovering a significant number of individuals near the 8.2-kilometer perimeter separating Ceuta from Morocco.
Moroccan forces have dispersed the immigrants from the vicinity of the fence, which they were reportedly planning to storm during these days.
These raids took place considering that Sub-Saharan immigrants often seize certain festive periods, such as Christmas, to carry out such attempts. The migrants usually presume a reduced police presence in the area due to the holidays.
Recently, there has been al rise in migrants’ attempts to scale the fence or cross over to Spain.
On Monday, a patrol boat from the Royal Navy intercepted a vessel off the Mohammedia coast, containing 43 potential migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, comprising 17 women, 4 children, and 2 infants.
Last week, a Royal Navy frigate patrolling at sea intercepted a small boat southwest of Dakhla town, carrying 57 potential migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, which included four women in a highly advanced state of exhaustion. The pirogue was headed for the Canary Islands.
The rescued individuals were provided essential care aboard the Royal Navy patrol boat. They were handed over to the Royal Gendarmerie for standard administrative procedures, as stated in a press release by the Royal Armed Forces General Staff.
While Moroccan authorities thwart most attempts, some migrants succeed in reaching their destinations, as evidenced last week when a boat carrying an unspecified number of irregular migrants managed to get to Melilla on Sunday. The vessel came from one of the beaches in Nador.
The migrants deliberately set fire to the speedboat that transported them, attempting to eliminate any potential traces of their journey.
This year, there have been at least four group entry attempts into Ceuta, with the latest on November 17, when around 900 immigrants tried to enter through various parts of the fence.
Morocco successfully contained all of them.
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