The Melilla border fence is a separation barrier between Morocco and the Spanish city of Melilla. Constructed by Spain, its stated purpose is to stop illegal immigration and smuggling. Separation barriers (separation walls, security fences) are constructed to limit the movement of people across a certain line or border or to separate two populations. ... Capital Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  20 km²   Population  â€“ Total (2006)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked  66,871    3,343. ... This article is about illegal immigration. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In October 2005, over 700 Sub-Saharan migrants camping on nearby Mount Gurugú tried to enter Spanish territory from the Moroccan border. Many of them were shot in the back, apparently from the Moroccan Gendarmerie Royale positions. A political map showing national divisions in relation to the ecological break (Sub-Saharan Africa in green) A geographical map of Africa, showing the ecological break that defines the sub-Saharan area Sub-Saharan Africa is the term used to describe the area of the African continent which lies south... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ...

Before the third fence came to be implemented following this and similar incidents, the mountainous buffer zone between Spanish and Moroccan border patrol positions which lies next to the fence registered a hectic activity with subsaharan people provisionally camped there while preparing massive assaults on the fence, something which became a tactic in order to outnumber the Spanish border patrols. Buffer Zone is one of the neighborhoods of North Nazimabad Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ...

Massive intrusions (or "assaults" at the fence, as the Spanish press put it) of subsaharan people via Melilla had become a Spanish and, to some extent, European Union issue, which prompted the Spanish government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in 2005 to build up a third fence next to the two deteriorated existing ones, in order to completely seal the border outside of the regular checkpoints.   (IPA: []) (born August 4, 1960 in Valladolid) is the Prime Minister of Spain. ...

This third razor wire barrier cost Spain €33 million (US$35 million) to construct. It consists of 11 km (7 miles) of parallel 3 m (10 ft) high fences topped with barbed wire, with regular watchposts and a road running between them to accommodate either police patrols or ambulance service in case of need. Underground cables connect spotlights, noise and movement sensors, and video cameras to a central control booth. Its height is currently being doubled to 6 m. since the immigrants were surpassing the previous fences equipped with self made stairs. Also, in order to facilitate the intruder's detention, devices to slow them harmlessly were added. Image:Scheermes-prikkeldraad. ... A fence in Westtown Township, Pennsylvania. ... A selection of forms of barbed wire. ... Mountain road with hairpin turns in the French Alps For other uses, see Road (disambiguation). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Apparently the new fence has succeeded in deterring new massive intrusions and the subsaharian camp sites in the buffer zone have mostly disbanded. From these, Amnesty International and Médecins Sans Frontières accused the Moroccan government of dumping over 500 people of various subsaharan countries (some of them claiming to be validly registered as political refugees) in an uninhabited area in the Sahara Desert without food or water supplies. Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a pressure group that promotes human rights. ... Médecins Sans Frontières ( (help· info)) (English: Doctors Without Borders) is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organisation best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic disease. ... Refugees arrive in Travnik, central Bosnia, during the war, 1993. ... The Sahara is the worlds second largest desert (second to Antarctica), over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), located in northern Africa and is 2. ...

Morocco has objected to the construction of the barrier since it does not recognize Spanish sovereignty in Melilla.

See also

• Melilla
• Ceuta border fence
• Separation barrier
• Wall of shame (epithet)

Capital Official language(s) Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked  20 km²   Population  â€“ Total (2006)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked  66,871    3,343. ... The Ceuta border fence is a separation barrier between Morocco and the Autonomous City of Ceuta, in Spain. ... Separation barriers (separation walls, security fences) are constructed to limit the movement of people across a certain line or border or to separate two populations. ... This article uses excessive clichés and jargon associated with brick-and-mortar walls dividing geographical entities: wall of shame can also be used for a non-dividing wall, virtual or real, where the surface is used to collect or advertise shameful content, examples: [1] - [2]; also layout-wise the...

External links

• Video clip on the Ceuta and Melilla's Walls of Shame
• Spain: Building Border Fence
• Attacking The New Border Wars
• A Childhood Lost in the Cracks of Europe's Border
• Melilla border fence photo gallery: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15