Migrants say hunger and hostility drove them back from Spain's Ceuta to Morocco
Spanish officials said nearly all of the 60,000 migrants who entered the enclave this week have returned to Morocco.
- On Friday, officials confirmed at least 57 deaths after some 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in recent days. Spain and Morocco have since reinforced border fences to halt the mass influx.
- Viral social media videos suggesting the border could be breached drew thousands of migrants to the region. Brahim, a bakery worker from Fez, said he left his job after watching clips of others crossing.
- The reality proved difficult for many, including Mohamed Ahmed, a 43-year-old Sudanese man who swam four hours to reach Ceuta. Yassine Ichou, a Moroccan waiter, described being chased away as local shops closed.
- Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska stated on Saturday that the government remains "relentless against those who break the law." The Interior Ministry reports about 48,300 people have returned to Morocco.
- Spain is currently erecting a 500-metre-long containment barrier on the sea border to prevent further crossings. Prime Minister Pedro defended Spain's stance, criticizing some European Union leaders' reactions as driven by prejudice.
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Many of the migrants who returned to Morocco said they left because they had no food after shops closed up, and they faced hostility from locals. They were also prohibited from traveling the country freely.
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The lightning-like invasion of about 50,000 migrants in Ceuta has put the inhabitants to a hard test. Now many of the mostly Moroccan people are gone again, the situation relaxes. Nevertheless, the exclave continues to have a migrant problem.
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Most are concentrated around CETI and the nearby mountains, where they sleep in the open and beg for food and water.
The EU's Interior Ministers will meet on Tuesday via videoconference to discuss the crisis of migrants from Ceuta! Spain, followed by a group of 22 countries, subsequently requested this meeting to discuss the diplomatic tensions that resulted. Meanwhile, migrants decided to return to Morocco after finding that the reality in Spain was not what they imagined.
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