Spain Says Flood of Migrants from Morocco is 'Serious Crisis'
Voice of America
MADRID - Spain's prime minister flew to the country's North African enclave Tuesday to contain a migration crisis with neighboring Morocco after 6,000 migrants swam or walked over the border.
Spain deployed troops and extra police to repel crowds who were trying to get around security fences from Morocco into the tiny Spanish territory after a huge incursion of migrants the day before. Videos emerged that appeared to show Moroccan soldiers opening security gates to let migrants through to the Spanish port city. “This sudden arrival of irregular migrants is a serious crisis for Spain and Europe,” said Sanchez in a televised address to the nation before travelling to Ceuta and Melilla, another Spanish enclave bordering Morocco.This handout photograph taken and released by the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation on April 17, 2024, shows Mount Ruang spewing hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi. Hot lava flows from Mount Ruang volcano during an eruption in Sitaro, North Sulawesi province, Indonesia, April 17, 2024. (Antara Foto/HO/BPBD Kab Sitaro/via REUTERS) Mount Ruang volcano is seen during the eruption from Tagulandang island, Indonesia, April 18, 2024.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at the U.S. Naval Support Activity base, in Naples, Italy, April 17, 2024, for the G7 foreign ministers summit on Capri island. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani arrives for the G7 foreign ministers meeting, on the Island of Capri, Italy, April 17, 2024.