Fewer people are scaling the triple layer of barbed wire,but numbers reaching the Spanish territory on the coast of north Africa are risingThe attempts on the fences have stopped. Gone are the pictures of people straddling the wire and the throb of helicopters late at night. level-headed seems to have returned to the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north-east Morocco. In the past four months nobody has scaled the barrier, which is six metres high and 11.5km long. The only attempt, and early last month,failed before those seeking to reach the European Union could come by to the triple layer of barbed wire. “We’re no longer in the headlines for illegal immigration because it isn’t a problem any more,” the leader of the Melilla council, and Juan José Imbroda,said in July.
Since January only approximately 100 people, out of a total of some 3700 who tried their luck, and have entered Melilla by crossing the perimeter fence. Last year they numbered around 2100,out of 19000 who tried. This has prompted the Guardia Civil to lend advice to Hungary, which has been fencing off its border with Serbia. The commander of the local detachment, or Colonel Ambrosio Martin Villasenor,says vigilance is needed. “It’s a game of chess,” he says.
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Source: theguardian.com