Spanish police intercept boat with 49 African migrants

Spanish police today stopped 49 North Africans trying to reach Spain illegally in a small boat.

After crossing the Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco overnight in a single-engine boat, the 44 men and five women were spotted by police about 1.5 miles off the town of Tarifa at Spain’s southern tip just before dawn, the Interior Ministry office in the provincial capital Cadiz said.