Ceuta's Migratory Crisis Leaves a Hundred Dead in the Sea and the Morgue Collapses: "When They Arrive, in the Water, They Were Stepping on Your Head"
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Funeral services receive an avalanche of calls from Morocco that multiply on social networks to locate the deceased. "May Allah reward them for their help," they beg.
Spain had to enable the race a macro morgue in the former Military Hospital of Ceuta for the worst migratory tragedy in the recent history of the country. “We have never rescued so many corpses,” the newspaper El Mundo cites one of the officials, in reference to the victims registered after the avalanche of 60,000 migrants who entered the autonomous city last week, the majority of them swimming, and who failed to reach the mainland. Although the…
The Spanish exclave of Ceuta in North Africa is grappling with a severe migration crisis. Tens of thousands of migrants attempted to reach Ceuta by sea or by storming the border fences. According to the mayor, at least 88 people have already died in the process. On Sunday, MR Chairman Georges-Louis Bouchez called for Spain to be partially suspended from the Schengen zone.
The bodies recovered next to the Tarajal overflow the city's forensic capacity while dozens of families await identification.More information: Interior admits unforeseeableness in Ceuta: "The priority was the fires and we didn't see the dimension of what was coming"
Spain is shocked after the migrant rush on its African exclave. Prime Minister Sánchez feels left alone by Europe, the opposition accuses him of a co-inflict. After a cool reception, however, many migrants return.
The number of deaths in the Spanish Ceuta enclave rose to 72 after five more bodies were found on the coast during the weekend. The authorities are continuing their search and the EU is discussing strengthening the protection of external borders.
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