The strict border control that is being carried out by the Moroccan Army as well as by the Civil Guard has allowed no illegal entry of immigrants to be recorded in Ceuta and Melilla in recent days. An almost unusual event on the Spanish side of the fence.

The agents deployed, in fact, have intercepted in the last few hours a total of 1,110 emigrants who wanted to cross into Spain, in several operations carried out in the northern towns of M’diq and Fnideq and Nador.

These operations were carried out on the night of Sunday to Monday by members of the Army, local authorities and Law Enforcement Forces, in which they intercepted and removed groups of emigrants from these areas near Spanish cities, according to a statement from the State. Major General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR).

Police sources have assured EFE that since last Wednesday no entry has been recorded by sea or by the 8.2 kilometers of land border perimeter that separates Ceuta from Morocco.

Usually, on festive days such as Christmas or the beginning of the new year, at least several attempts to enter, either individually or in groups, by sub-Saharan immigrants were recorded.