A woman has been arrested after she was caught trying to
smuggle a teenager over the border into Europe in a suitcase.
The Moroccan was stopped at the border with Spain on
December 30, 2016, after the civil guard became suspicious
about her package.
They found the 19-year-old from Gabon curled up inside the
suitcase in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in northern Africa.
On Sunday, 1st January, more than 1,100 migrants tried to
jump a high double fence between Morocco and Ceuta in
violent assault that saw one officer lose an eye. A regional
government spokesman said 50 Moroccan and five Spanish
officers were injured when hundreds of migrants tried to enter
Spanish territory.
The spokesman said two migrants managed to reach Spanish
soil. Both were injured scaling the 20ft border fence and were
taken to hospital by Spanish police.
Another 100 migrants
climbed the fence, but Spanish agents sent them straight
back to Morocco.
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