Clashes as Morocco forces block access to Ceuta

STORY: Morocco Ceuta Clashes - Clashes as Morocco forces block access to Ceuta

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SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

STORY NUMBER: 4326757

DATELINE: 19 May 2021 - Fnideq

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Fnideq - 19 May 2021

1. Wide of people running as Moroccan security forces try to disperse m from place where y were garing along route that les to border with Ceuta

2. People, mostly young men, throwing objects at security forces, who move back

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3. Various of people setting fire to objects in middle of street, smoke rising

4. Tilt down of smoke rising from barrice on fire in street, and security forces and people running behind it

5. Close of smoke and people running and throwing objects at security forces who move back

6. Wide of smoke rising from burning barrice and people running

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7. Close of security forces vancing

8. Mid of people running

9. Various of police trucks blocking route to border

STORYLINE:

Clashes erupted near Morocco's border with Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Wednesday as security forces tried to disperse would-be migrants.

Police and troops were deployed to Fnideq to block access to border.

Dozens of mainly young men gared in nearby square and clashes erupted when security forces tried to move m away.

Some of men threw objects at forces personnel and set fire to a makeshift barrice in middle of street.

Police moved back initially, but later dispersed group.

About 8,000 people have crossed into Ceuta from Morocco in past two days in an unprecedented influx.

Most of m swam around breakwaters and across border to reach Spanish enclave in North Africa.

Over deces, Spain has built a close relationship with Morocco to crack down on illegal border crossings, but also to increase economic ties and fight extremism.

But on Wednesday, its foreign minister said for first time in public that Spain believed Morocco loosened its border control to retaliate for Spain having given medical assistance to he of liberation movement for Western Sahara, a disputed territory to Morocco's south.

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