Some 500 migrants cross border into Spanish enclave of Ceuta

An African migrant reacts as he arrives at the CETI, the short-stay immigrant centre, after crossing the border from Morocco to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta

Around 500 sub-Saharan African migrants crossed the fenced border surrounding Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco early on Friday, emergency services said.

Dozens of migrants, many with wounds from climbing over the 6-metre barbed wire fence, celebrated in the streets in the early hours of the day with some shouting “freedom”, TV footage showed.

Police and local government officials in Ceuta were not immediately available to give further details.