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More than 1,000 migrants storm Moroccan border at Spain's Ceuta enclave, injuring 55 security personnel By Agence France-Presse, video source APTN 1 January 2017 • 11:48pmMore than 1,000 migrants tried to jump a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Sunday in a violent assault that saw one officer lose an eye, local authorities said.A group of 1,100 people from sub-Saharan Africa trying to reach Europe stormed the border fence just after 4 am on New Year's Day in an "extremely violent and organised" way, said the central government's representative office in Ceuta.None however managed to get through, bar two who were badly injured and taken to hospital in Ceuta, the office said in a statement. A similar assault on December 9 saw more than 400 migrants enter the tiny enclave.Read More At: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/01/1000-migrants-storm-moroccan-border-spains-ceuta-enclave-injuring/