150 migrants try to cross into Spain’s Melilla enclave

Around 150 migrants yesterday tried to cross into Spain's Melilla enclave from neighbouring Morocco in an attempt which was thwarted but left nine police slightly injured, officials said.

The incident, which involved "a group of 150 people", took place before dawn at around 5:15 am, although "none of them got into Melilla", the Spanish government delegation in the enclave said in a statement.

They tried to get in by running along the Dique Sur breakwater in Melilla port that marks the frontier but were stopped by Spanish police officers with help from their Moroccan counterparts.