Here the migrants run across the border to the city of Melilla.
On Twitter, the border police share videos of the men cheering with joy as they touch Spanish soil.
But riots broke out and five people died when they tried to cross.
On Friday, more than 2,000 African migrants tried to reach Melilla, a Spanish exclave in European territory. 130 of them managed to get into Melilla, according to Spanish authorities.
Some of them swam all the way to the small cape. Others ran and tried to climb over a fence. Five of them died in the congestion at the metal fence and both police and migrants were injured, reports AFP and refers to the Interior Ministry in Morocco.
IN videos shared by Spanish border police on Twitter the dramatic scenes of the migrants running into the border town can be seen. They make victory gestures and rejoice when they touch Spanish soil.
Morocco deployed forces to try to stave off the storm and cooperated with Spain’s security forces, the delegation said in a statement. statement.
Several migrants and police were injured in the crowd, according to authorities.
Pictures in Spanish media then show how the exhausted migrants are knocked out on the sidewalk in Melilla. Some of them with bloody hands and broken clothes.
Stormed this spring
Melilla is one of two EU cities bordering Morocco, which has made the city attractive to migrants who want to get to Europe, reports Reuters.
Similar storms also occurred on two occasions this spring.