130 migrants breach border between Morocco and Spanish enclave

Migrants climb the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco (Javier Bernardo/AP)

Around 130 migrants have breached the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Friday in the first such incursion since the countries mended diplomatic relations last month.

A spokesperson for the Spanish government’s office in Melilla said about 2,000 people attempted to enter the city but many were stopped by Spanish Civil Guard police and Moroccan forces on the other side of a border fence.