2 migrants die trying to reach Spanish enclave in N. Africa
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Spanish authorities say two migrants have died while trying to swim to the shore of Ceuta, a small Spanish enclave in North Africa.
The spokesman for the Spanish government's representative in Ceuta tells The Associated Press that two women from Sub-Saharan Africa jumped from a small boat that was unable to make land due to choppy seas and perished on Saturday.
The spokesman spoke anonymously in line with official protocol.
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Officers of Spain's Civil Guard recovered the bodies. Another two migrants, a man and woman, managed to reach Ceuta safely after they abandoned the boat, which had departed from Moroccan territory.
Ceuta and Melilla are Spanish coastal enclaves surrounded by Morocco.