Watch: 18 Dead, 76 Injured as 1000s Of African Migrants Storm Spanish Exclave of Melilla
25th June 2022
Eighteen African migrants are dead and 76 injured after a mass storming of the Spanish exclave of Melilla in North Africa.
A Spanish government spokesperson said about 2,000 migrants attempted to cross, and 133 managed to breach the border of the Spanish territory, according to Associated Press. Those who made it through proceeded to a local migrant center where Spanish authorities are evaluating their cases.
They do it because it works. If they manage to get through, it puts them into the system, and eventually they work their way into Europe. If the Spanish just threw them back over the border, this would soon cease to happen.
In what Al Jazeera characterized as a “violent, two-hour skirmish,” 49 members of the Spanish Civil Guard police were also injured. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said “human trafficking militias” had orchestrated “a well-organized, violent assault.”
And it will continue to happen so long as it continues to work.