Riot police were deployed on the Moroccan side of the border with the Spanish Ceuta enclave, as migrants attempted to reach the city for the third night in a row.
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00:00Tensions at the border between Ceuta and Morocco continued for the third night in a row as
00:09riot police were deployed to disperse people attempting to cross into the Spanish enclave.
00:15The Moroccan police used water cannons to disperse the groups of young people who were
00:19hiding in the hills and throwing stones at the police.
00:24About 80 to 100 people tried to enter the Spanish town late Monday night.
00:29On Sunday, hundreds of people had already been stopped in an attempt to cross the border
00:33following calls on social media.
00:37Ceuta is one of two small Spanish territories on the Mediterranean coast and has long been
00:42targeted by migrants and refugees seeking better lives in Europe.
00:47Many attempt to climb over the barbed wire fences or swim to reach the enclave by sea.
00:54In August alone, the Moroccan Interior Ministry reported more than 11,000 migrant attempts
00:59were prevented in the region around Ceuta.