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Clashes in Spain's Ceuta month after mass migrant influx, residents try to block Red Cross aid

Tensions have risen after a military vehicle carrying four soldiers was "ambushed" in the early hours of Thursday by about 70 migrants, who attacked it with stones and other objects, a police spokesperson in Ceuta.

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00:02Protests over security in Ceuta escalated into clashes between locals and police on Thursday.
00:07The protests come a month after tens of thousands of migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave in North Africa from
00:14Morocco.
00:16Police charged protesters at a beach after a group of demonstrators moved into the area where migrants had been sleeping.
00:23Spanish public television broadcast images showing some belongings had been set on fire.
00:29Earlier that day, dozens of protesters staged a sit-in to temporarily prevent Red Cross vehicles from delivering aid to
00:37migrants camping on the beach.
00:38And a day prior, police had fired tear gas to prevent confrontations between protesters and migrants.
00:46Residents of Ceuta have held regular demonstrations over what they say are security and hygiene problems linked to the influx.
00:53More than 70,000 migrants entered Ceuta in late July, either by swimming or crossing on foot from Morocco.
01:00Although the majority returned back to Morocco, thousands remain in Ceuta, many living on the beach or in the streets.
01:09We'll see you in a nice pocket.
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