Spanish authorities have rescued several people who had been hiding in recycling containers in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, on the tip of Morocco, where each year thousands of migrants attempt to reach the Spanish mainland from northern Africa. Footage released by Spain's Guardia Civil shows individuals partially buried in a container of glass bottles and another inside a bag of toxic ash

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