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MIGRANTS were still trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Wednesday after a record 8 000 people poured over the border this week. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that at least 5 600 migrants had been sent back. People have continued to gather on the Moroccan border with Spain. Police blocked dozens of youths, who responded by throwing rocks. The migrants reached Ceuta by swimming or by walking at low tide. One drowned.
The crisis comes after Madrid allowed the leader of the Western Sahara independence movement to fly to Spain to be treated for Covid-19. The region is a former Spanish colony mainly under Moroccan control. | AFP
ACTIVISTS in Denmark are planning a protest in solidarity with Syrian refugees after Denmark revoked residence status for more than 200 Syrians. Denmark is the first European country to revoke residence status, arguing that Damascus and neighbouring regions are safe. Authorities in Copenhagen faced condemnation from EU MPs and the UN Refugee Agency.
For now, the decision doesn’t include people who can prove a specific threat to their lives. Those who refuse to leave will be sent to deportation centres.
Ten years after the start of Syria’s uprising against Bashar al-Assad, 12 million people have been displaced. | African News Agency (ANA)
CITIZENS of the UK are now able to socialise indoors in limited numbers, hug and visit pubs and restaurants indoors as lockdown rules were eased this week.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson cautioned people to play their part in stopping Covid-19. Scotland and Wales have also loosened rules on indoor socialising. Johnson has set a June 21 deadline for lifting all lockdown measures in England, but this could yet be pushed back. Foreign holidays will be allowed to resume under a “traffic light” system.
Students may return to campus next week, but will be tested twice a week for Covid-19. | African News Agency (ANA)