Immigrants hit Spanish island

up to 70 illegal immigrants yesterday reached a tiny, normally uninhabited, Spanish island off the northern coast of Africa – creating a headache for the Spanish immigration authorities.

The rocky outcrop known as Isla de Tierra – part of the Alhucemas Islands archipelago – measures just 4.2 acres and is only 100 feet off the Mediterranean coast of Morocco at low tide.

The migrants swam or waded across to the island earlyyesterday, according to the regional office of the interior ministry located in the Spanish enclave of Melilla.