Melilla has an area of 12.3 km2 within Africa.
 Thus two mining companies under the protection of Bou Hmara, started mining lead and iron 20 kilometers (12
Melilla's border with Morocco is secured by the Melilla border fence, a 6 metres (20 ft) tall double fence with watch towers; yet migrants (in groups of tens or sometimes hundreds) storm the fence and manage to cross it from time to time

