MIGRANTS RUSH FENCES IN PUSH TO REACH SPAIN

A group of around 300 migrants stormed fences separating Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco Wednesday, and 116 of them made it onto European soil, authorities said.

Seven policemen were burned by acid and quicklime, allegedly thrown by some of the migrants as they overran border defences, the Guardia Civil said. Five of the immigrants who got into Ceuta required hospital treatment for their injuries.

The migrants launched their assault at around 9 a.m., just as many Moroccan police were at an open-air prayer ceremony. The assault came a month after just over 600 migrants got past the high, barbed-wire fences in the year’s biggest assault.