Around 15,000 protesters, according to the organizers, have participated in the march between Hendaye (France) and Irun (Spain) against the celebration of the G7 summit that starts today in Biarritz . The protest has developed without incident and with critical messages with immigration policies in the Mediterranean. During the past morning, the Gendarmerie arrested 17 young people who occupied one of the camping areas in the town of Urrugne and before an attempt to take the A-63 highway that connects France with Spain.

The hundred organizations critical against the G7 summit has insisted on the "peaceful and familiar" nature of the mobilization that began at 11.30 am today at the marina of Baiona and that has crossed the border between France and Spain under police control Gendarmerie troops made seventeen arrests during the morning and four policemen were lightly injured as a result of the altercations that took place in the Basque-speaking town of Urrugne, around the G7 counter-summit camp.

From the sub-prefecture of Bayonne it was reported that the arrests were caused by clashes with law enforcement during a demonstration that had not been requested.

The congregants hid their faces and refused to dissolve despite police warnings, the spokeswoman said. In addition, other incidents also when a group of people tried to enter the A63 motorway that leads to the Spanish border. The injured police officers were hit by shots of homemade mortars.

However, hours later, the demonstration against G7 developed normally. Some of the participants have demanded the release of ETA prisoners with shouts of 'Euskal presoak, etxera' (Basque prisoners home, in Basque) and on the march special prominence has been given to the Basque independence coalition EH Bildu represented by Arkaitz Rodríguez and the LAB union with Garbiñe Aranburu. Both were part of the group that carried the banner in which "alternative" policies are demanded to those represented by the 7 heads of state that from today until Monday meet in Biarritz.

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