![SPAIN/ Immigrants sit with bare feet and bloodied hands after scaling a border fence to enter the Spanish enclave Melilla from neighboring Morocco, February 24, 2014. Over one hundred immigrants successfully entered Melilla according to a statement Spain's Interior Ministry. Spain has two enclaves in the north African country, Ceuta and Mellila, and migrants regularly try to reach them either by swimming along the coast or climbing the triple fences that separate them from Morocco. REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avella](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/02/RTX19EN3.jpg/RTX19EN3.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=uCIQq_3Y)
![SPAIN/ Immigrants sit with bare feet and bloodied hands after scaling a border fence to enter the Spanish enclave Melilla from neighboring Morocco, February 24, 2014. Over one hundred immigrants successfully entered Melilla according to a statement Spain's Interior Ministry. Spain has two enclaves in the north African country, Ceuta and Mellila, and migrants regularly try to reach them either by swimming along the coast or climbing the triple fences that separate them from Morocco. REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avella](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/02/RTX19EN3.jpg/RTX19EN3.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=uCIQq_3Y)
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![SPAIN/ Immigrants sit with bare feet and bloodied hands after scaling a border fence to enter the Spanish enclave Melilla from neighboring Morocco, February 24, 2014. Over one hundred immigrants successfully entered Melilla according to a statement Spain's Interior Ministry. Spain has two enclaves in the north African country, Ceuta and Mellila, and migrants regularly try to reach them either by swimming along the coast or climbing the triple fences that separate them from Morocco. REUTERS/Jesus Blasco de Avella](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/02/RTX19EN3.jpg/RTX19EN3.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=uCIQq_3Y)
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