Moroccan child stows away to Spain under Real Valladolid football team bus

A Moroccan boy travelled from Spain’s north African exclave of Ceuta to the mainland hidden under a visiting football team’s bus on Monday, sources at the club told AFP.
The Real Valladolid players found the child hidden by their coach’s wheel axle when it pulled over at a service station.
The team from northern Spain had crossed the Strait of Gibraltar on the ferry on the way home after drawing 1-1 in their second-division match against Ceuta, when they heard strange noises under the vehicle.
Under pressure to contain migration after a crisis in Ceuta on July 30 and 31, Spain’s government had insisted that no irregular migrants would be allowed to reach the mainland.
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