<p>According to the mayor of the Cadiz town Rota, on Spain's southernmost coast, the authorities have found 12 of the migrants after they fled on foot and are looking for 30 others.</p> 
<p>It has been reported in the Spanish media that all of the asylum seekers are men and the missing <a type="internal">migrants</a> fled by running into nearby fields when they arrived.</p> Around 30 migrants are on the run 
<p>Wed, February 15, 2017</p> Migrants clash with each other in over crowded camps across Europe. Moroccan Police look at immigrants trying to jump the six-meter-high fence in Ceuta, Spanish enclave on the north of Africa, 09 December 2016. 
<p>The 12 migrants who have been found are from the sub-Sahara and Morocco and they arrived on the beach known as Juan and Juana.</p> 
<p>A crane has moved the dinghy from the beach where the migrants managed to paddle their craft ashore despite strong winds in the area.</p> 
<p>In October, dozens of migrants protested about the living conditions in a Spanish detention centre.</p> Thousands of migrants have come to Spain from Africa 
<p>The protesters held up banners demanding freedom and dignity.</p> 
<p>After thousands of migrants from Africa crossed over to Spain in 2014 and 2015, the country&#8217;s authorities stepped up security and passed a law enabling its border police to refuse migrants the opportunity to apply for asylum.</p> 
<p>The European Union (EU) is now desperately attempting to cut the number of African migrants making their way to Europe.</p> 
<p>Thousands of migrants have targeted Spain as a route into the EU and the UK.</p> 
<p>Migrants have particularly targeted the Spanish colonies of Ceuta and Melilla in Morocco.</p>
Police hunt for migrants on the run in Spain after dinghy found abandoned on beach