{"id":31543,"date":"2017-01-02T22:41:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T22:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/spain-ceuta-migrants-found-hidden-in-car-and\/"},"modified":"2017-01-02T22:41:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T22:41:41","slug":"spain-ceuta-migrants-found-hidden-in-car-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/spain-ceuta-migrants-found-hidden-in-car-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Ceuta: Migrants found hidden in car and suitcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Police have detained two Moroccans who tried to smuggle migrants into Spain&#8217;s North African enclave of Ceuta &#8211; two hidden in a car and one in a suitcase.}<\/p>\n<p>When police checked a car on Monday one person was found hidden in the dashboard and another in the hollowed-out back seat.<\/p>\n<p>The man and woman, thought to be Guineans, received first aid as they had had little air to breathe.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, a young African man was found hidden in a woman&#8217;s suitcase.<\/p>\n<p>That incident happened on 30 December and again the man &#8211; believed to be from Gabon &#8211; required urgent medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>A 22-year-old Moroccan woman had tried to smuggle him into Ceuta, but customs officers ordered her to open the case, which was tied to a trolley.<\/p>\n<p>The incidents coincided with a mass attempt by sub-Saharan Africans to storm the 6m (20ft) border fence separating Ceuta from Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty Moroccan and five Spanish border guards were injured when 1,100 migrants tried to get over the fence on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>None managed to get through, but two people were injured scaling the fence and were taken to hospital in Ceuta. One guard lost an eye, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>A similar assault on 9 December involved more than 400 African migrants.<\/p>\n<p>There have been many such attempts by sub-Saharan Africans living illegally in Morocco, who desperately want to reach Europe. Melilla &#8211; Spain&#8217;s other North African enclave &#8211; is similarly targeted by migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The enclaves are Europe&#8217;s only land borders in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Most migrants are intercepted and returned to Morocco, while those who make it over the fences are eventually repatriated or released.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-17400 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_93208121_ceutacase1janepa.jpg\" alt=\"Spanish police in Ceuta released this photo on Sunday\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Police have detained two Moroccans who tried to smuggle migrants into Spain&#8217;s North African enclave of Ceuta &#8211; two hidden in a car and one in a suitcase.} When police checked a car on Monday one person was found hidden in the dashboard and another in the hollowed-out back seat. 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