Chaos erupted on Sunday near the fence separating Morocco and Ceuta, a Spanish enclave located on the African nation’s coast, as hundreds of young Moroccan men coordinated an attempt to illegally cross the border.

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan security forces stopped groups of people who sought to force their way across the border into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta following a call on social networks for a mass migration attempt, authorities said.

Moroccan security forces have thwarted a mass migration attempt into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, following social media calls for a large-scale border crossing. According to the Spanish Interior Ministry,

Groups of people, who had heeded the calls on social media to breach the border fence and reach Spain, dispersed.