Morocco prevents hundreds of migrants from crossing into Spain's Ceuta

Moroccan security forces on Saturday say they have prevented hundreds of people from crossing into Ceuta. Reports say the group, mostly originating from sub-Saharan Africa, had been hiding on the outskirts of Fnideq, known in Spanish as Castillejos.

Moroccan media says 294 people were arrested, 46 of them Moroccan and the rest from sub-Saharan Africa.