Around 25,000 migrants returned to Morocco after mass border crossing into Ceuta
Spain said 25,000 people had already gone back as security forces used tear gas, water cannons and troops to restore order.
- On Friday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited Ceuta after about 60,000 migrants entered the Spanish enclave from Morocco since Thursday, equivalent to 70% of the city's population. Sánchez condemned the breach as "a violation of Spain's territorial integrity."
- Officials in Madrid attributed the surge to a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that prevents summary deportation of sea-based arrivals. Sánchez claimed smugglers misinterpreted this decision, causing the mass arrival to spread "like wildfire" through trafficking networks.
- At least 41 migrants died attempting the crossing, with some drowning and others killed in a stampede at Tarajal beach. Civil Guard representative Rachid Sbihi described the situation as a "serious humanitarian crisis," noting thousands including unaccompanied children were left sleeping in parks.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen demanded smuggling networks be dismantled, while Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni threatened to suspend Schengen agreements. Spanish politician Isabel Díaz Ayuso accused the government of allowing Spain to be "invaded."
- Migrants also attempted to breach Melilla, Spain's other North African enclave, where clashes with police erupted. Officials estimate that roughly 25,000 of the arrivals in Ceuta have already returned to Morocco as repatriation efforts continue.
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Migrants return to Morocco after crossing to Spain's Ceuta
Spain said on Friday that it had reversed a huge rush of migrants into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, with most of the more than 50,000 people who had crossed the border by land and sea already heading back voluntarily.
According to the latest, but still unofficial, data, over the past 24 hours, about 60 thousand illegal migrants from Morocco have invaded the city of Ceuta, located in North Africa, but belonging to Spain. It is announced that at least 34 people have died during these illegal journeys. Such a migrant crisis is also causing a crisis in the Spanish government, which has sent soldiers to Ceuta to manage the situation. Officials are reassuring that …
What is Ceuta, and how was the Spanish enclave near Morocco breached by 60,000 migrants?
Current estimates are some 60,000 people crossed into the Spanish enclave in North Africa on Thursday — and by Friday, that an estimated 48,300 had returned to Morocco. Here's what we know.
After the arrival of refugees from Morocco, the Spanish exclave closes its business. It seems that thousands of migrants are wanted to return. The calculation seems to rise – a visit to Ceuta.
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60,000 migrants crossed into Spanish territory of Ceuta, but most soon left voluntarily
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — About 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory in the past 24 hours, Ceuta's president said Friday, a figure that is equivalent to 70% of the population of the city in North Africa .
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