Ceuta grapples with aftermath of border surge after most migrants leave the Spanish territory
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Story by the Associated Press Ceuta, Spain (AP) — Ceuta over the weekend no longer looked like a city on edge, but residents were still rattled by the events of the week. Most of the 60,000 migrants who swam, scrambled and later charged into the tiny Spanish exclave in North Africa this week had wal…
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Border guards in the tiny Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the Moroccan coast were overwhelmed as crowds of young men pushed through gates and swam around the border barrier, hoping to gain entry into Europe.
Thousands of migrants crossed overnight from Morocco into Spain's north Africa's Ceuta enclave, a police source said on Friday, as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was set to arrive to manage the latest migrant crisis on the border.
In the span of 24 hours, Spanish authorities estimate that over 49,000 migrants crossed in Spain from Morocco, with at least 18 dying as they tried to reach the enclave of Ceuta. The migrants crossed the border by swimming across, sometimes spending hours in the water.
Spanish police and troops are trying to shore up Ceuta's border to Morocco after Thursday's mass breach. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is also inbound, as Spain's neighbors implement temporary border checks. DW has more.
Spain has deployed its military to Ceuta after thousands of migrants rushed the border with Morocco, leading to more than a dozen deaths, according to the Spanish News Agency EFE. CBS News' Aidan Stretch reports.
Spain's Pedro Sanchez criticised a sudden arrival of around 40,000 migrants from Morocco to the north African enclave Ceuta as "an attack, a violation" of Spain's national territory. The prime minister blamed the influx of immigrants on criminal networks manipulating a recent court ruling that immed…
Dozens of people have died after mass migrant crossings from Morocco into the Spanish port territory of Ceuta reached a boiling point overnight. The eyes of the European Union have been fixated on the seven-square-mile city of Ceuta this week as thousands of migrants have poured into the city from M…
The president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, estimated that 60,000 migrants had entered the enclave from Morocco and said that at least 34 people had died.
Thousands of migrants have streamed into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta in North Africa from Morocco, with at least 18 dying in the attempt, prompting Spain to deploy its military to restore the border.
At least 34 people have died attempting to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta from Morocco, according to Spanish authorities. Officials are pushing for a national emergency to be declared as around 60,000 migrants crossed into the territory via land and sea over the past 24 hours.
Thousands of migrants hoping to get to Europe swam or crossed from Morocco to Spain's Ceuta territory, with over a dozen dying in the process. Spanish officials are sending more law enforcement to the area as they attempt to control the flow of migrants and "restore normality."
The sudden arrival of 60,000 Moroccan migrants sparked a humanitarian crisis on the shores of Ceuta, a small territory in Spain. “The situation that Ceuta is going through is absolutely unsustainable,” Ceuta President Juan Jesús said, according to the Associated Press .
CEUTA, Spain – An unprecedented influx of migrants crossing from Morocco into the Spanish North African territory of Ceuta has sparked severe border chaos, diplomatic friction across Europe, and a humanitarian emergency that left at least 57 people dead.
The migration crisis in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta has triggered a political battle over border security, Israel’s role in European debates, and the future of immigration policy across the continent.
Many young Moroccans who crossed into Ceuta told The Associated Press that they had hoped to find better work opportunities in Spain but were returning given the mayhem in Ceuta.
CEUTA, Spain — Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory returned voluntarily to Morocco on Friday, a day after the influx triggered chaos in the North African city and reignited the immigration debate in Europe and...
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