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The authorities in Morocco say at least 23 migrants and two police were killed on Friday when a huge crowd tried to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla.

Local NGOs have reported a higher migrant death toll but according to Alicia Martinez, a journalist in Melilla, it is not yet clear how many people died. She told Newsday: 鈥淪pain and the European Union are paying Morocco in order to control the migrant route. We are democratic countries, let's say, and Morocco is not, so they do whatever they want with the migrants.鈥�

(Picture: African migrants crossing the Spanish and Morocco Melilla border near Nador, Morocco on 24 June 2022. About 500 migrants managed to reach the border fence and broke the border gate with a wire cutter. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez described the attempt as an attack on Spain鈥檚 "territorial integrity". Credit: EPA)