The death toll from last week’s mass crossing from Morocco into the Spanish city of Ceuta has risen to 79, with all of the bodies recovered from the sea, according to forensic officials. An estimated 72,000 people breached the border and entered Ceuta on July 30.
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At least 34 people died Thursday as nearly 50,000 illegal migrants invaded the Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco. Many of the deaths were drownings as migrants attempted to swim into Ceuta. Others were killed when they were trampled as the swarm of people broke down gates and overwhelmed Spani…
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — The death toll in Spain’s Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67, the Spanish government said Saturday. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier.
The death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67, the Spanish government said Saturday. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier.
CEUTA, Spain >> The death toll from a mass rush of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week reached at least 72 on Sunday, as five more bodies were found along the North African coast, officials said.
CEUTA, Spain — The death toll from a mass rush of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week reached at least 72 on Sunday, as five more bodies were found along the North African coast, officials…
CEUTA, Spain — The death toll from a mass rush of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week reached at least 72 on Sunday, as five more bodies were found along the North African coast, officials said.
The death toll from last week’s mass crossing from Morocco into the Spanish city of Ceuta has risen to 79, with all of the bodies recovered from the sea, according to forensic officials. An estimated 72,000 people breached the border and entered Ceuta on July 30.
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