Spanish PM blames traffickers and migrants for deaths at border in Morocco

Riot police officers cordon off the area after migrants arrive on Spanish soil and crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco in Melilla, Spain (AP)

Spain’s prime minister has defended the way Moroccan and Spanish police repelled migrants last week as they tried to cross the shared border into the North African enclave of Melilla.

He depicted the attempt in which at least 23 people died as “an attack on Spain’s borders”.