« Spain - Defending the Walls of Europe | Main | Kofi Annan on Ceuta, Melilla and the Future of the West »
October 08, 2005
Admitting Defeat
A Bit More on Ceuta and Melilla
Spain also announced on Thursday the prompt installation of a new protective barrier on the Moroccan side of the fence, consisting of a series of flexible cables that would have the effect of preventing someone from easily crossing the fence.
The mass assaults, involving hundreds of would-be immigrants rushing the fence en masse, with homemade wooden ladders, in theory would be halted by this three-dimensional maze-like use of cables, which permit someone who gets tangled up to move back, but not to easily move forward, an Interior Ministry statement said.
The aim is to provide an efficient prevention system that does not hurt the immigrants, as is the case now with razor wire along the fence that has caused numerous cuts and abrasions to the immigrants, the Interior Ministry spokesman said. [Emphasis added]
No comment...
Posted by John at October 8, 2005 11:40 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry: