Immigrants who broke into Spain deported

DOZENS of African illegal immigrants who charged across the border into the Spanish enclave of Melilla have been deported to Morocco after a week of deadly clashes, officials said yesterday.

The 73 men from Mali were handcuffed and flown on Thursday evening from Melilla to Algeciras, on the Spanish mainland, where they were they put aboard a ferry bound for the Moroccan city of Tangiers, a police spokesman in Algeciras said.

There were no plans for more deportations yesterday, he said.