Migrant paraglides over border fence into Spain


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  • Friday, 02 Dec 2022

FILE PHOTO: The border fence between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave Melilla is seen along a road, December 11, 2014. TREUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - A migrant paraglided from Morocco over a border fence into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla and eluded authorities, officials said on Thursday.

Two witnesses saw the paraglider drifting overhead while they were driving along the ring road surrounding the enclave and alerted police at 6:15 p.m. (1715 GMT), the Spanish government's representative in Melilla said in a statement.

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