A migrant paraglided from Morocco over a border fence into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla and eluded authorities, officers mentioned on Thursday.
Two witnesses noticed the paraglider drifting overhead whereas they had been driving alongside the ring street surrounding the enclave and alerted police at 6:15 p.m. (1715 GMT), the Spanish authorities’s consultant in Melilla mentioned in an announcement.
“Patrols instantly headed to the realm, however had been unable to find the migrant,” the assertion added.
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The closely guarded border is considered one of solely two borders between the European Union and an African nation, the opposite being Ceuta, additionally a Spanish enclave.
It was the positioning of a deadly mass crossing try in June, when as much as 2,000 migrants stormed the fence and engaged in a two-hour skirmish with border officers.