Mass exodus from immigration internment centre sparks manhunt
Mass exodus from immigration internment centre sparks manhunt
A MASS exodus from a holding centre for illegal immigrants and provoked a a major search party across Valencia city.
A total of 17 Algerians pushed their way out after knocking over a cleaning lady, but sevebn of them have been caught and taken back to the internment centre.
Another two were caught later, and eight remain missing.
Their escape is thought to have been planned, as they waited until the cleaning lady opened the door, then pushed her over and fled en bloc.
Some of them are thought to be under 18.
They had been held at the internment centre after either entering Spain illegally or losing their residence rights, awaiting deportation, a long and bureaucratic process.
The Algerians burst out of the Zapadores centre in Valencia city just after noon on Sunday, and nine of them were caught last night (Monday).
