Around 700 migrants stormed a 20-ft. security fence that separates Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

The regional government said almost 500 of them made it across the razor-wire barrier and into the Spanish territory. Two migrants were hospitalized and 11 police officers were injured in the assault.

The migrants cheered after they successfully entered the European Union.

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Ceuta has one of the EU’s two land borders in North Africa. It is separated from the Spanish mainland by the Strait of Gibraltar. The area has become a popular crossing point for Africans trying to reach Europe illegally.

Authorities managed to stop a similar storming Jan. 1 when 1,100 people from sub-Saharan Africa stormed the fence in an “extremely violent and organized” way. A similar storming took Dec. 9 saw more than 400 successfully making it across the border.

Those who do make it across are usually caught and sent back to Morocco.

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