Spain, Ceuta and Morocco
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Ceuta grapples with aftermath of border surge after most migrants leave the Spanish territory
Ceuta over the weekend no longer looked like a city on edge, but the events of the week were still on everyone’s minds. Most of the 60,000 migrants who swam, scrambled and later charged into the tiny Spanish exclave in North Africa this week had walked back to Morocco by Sunday,
Most of those who came to the territory, a Spanish exclave in Africa, have returned across the border to Morocco. At least 67 people died trying to enter, the authorities said.
Hundreds of migrants from Morocco have swum into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta over the last week.
Some 60,000 migrants have entered Spain’s Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours. That's according to Ceuta’s president.
The arrivals in Ceuta, a six-mile-long peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries, have fueled political tensions.
The pro-immigration leader is facing backlash at home and abroad after roughly 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave.
European leaders' immediate response to the recent surge in migration to the Spanish territory of Ceuta flows from both political trends of the past decade and more immediate concerns.
A SUSPECTED trafficker has been arrested after trying to smuggle migrants into Spain on jet skis. Another alleged criminal was captured while piloting a speedboat with 11 Moroccan nationals on