Almost 600 migrants storm border fence and attack security forces with quicklime to make it into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco

Spanish authorities say hundreds of migrants charged double barrier fences

Some attacked police with quicklime carried in tubes and bottles

As a result 'more than a dozen' police were injured, with burns to arms and faces

Emergency crews and police reported that some migrants also threw excrement

The migrants' storming of the barrier has added pressure to Spanish authorities

More than 22,700 migrants have arrived in Spain so far this year, mostly by sea

By DEBBIE WHITE FOR MAILONLINE and AFP and AP

PUBLISHED: 10:49 BST, 26 July 2018 | UPDATED: 12:13 BST, 26 July 2018

About 600 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have reached Spain after storming a double border fence, with some throwing excrement or quicklime at security forces to force their way in.

Police said that officers were assaulted with quicklime – which can cause mild irritation to full scale burning of the skin – when migrants charged border fences separating Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco shortly before dawn today.

A spokesman for the Guardia Civil police force in Ceuta said the migrants managed to climb over the double barrier, which is covered in small blades.

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