Moroccan authorities said they recently arrested at least 60 people who incited migrants to cross.
File photo: Spanish legionnaires stand around Moroccan citizens as they lie down on El Tarajal beach, next to the fence between the Spanish-Moroccan border, after thousands of Moroccans swam across this border.Moroccan authorities on Sunday prevented dozens of migrants from storming a border fence to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, after calls on social media for a mass migration attempt.
In the most recent attempt, dozens of migrants gathered on top of a hill in Fnideq on the border on Sunday and began throwing stones at Moroccan security forces, a video shared by local news websites showed.Moroccan authorities said they arrested at least 60 people last week for using social media to incite migrants to attempt a mass crossing.
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