156 Caught Trying to Enter Country Illegally
From Times Wire Reports
Spanish police said they had detained more than 150 people who had crossed the Strait of Gibraltar in three flimsy boats in a bid to enter Spain illegally. The first boat was halted after being spotted by the coast guard near Tarifa, on Spain’s southern tip, carrying 77 men of North African origin.
A second boat was intercepted off Spain’s southern coast carrying 65 people, some from North Africa and others from sub-Saharan Africa, and a third carried 14.
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