Around 25,000 migrants returned to Morocco after mass border crossing into Ceuta
- 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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Spanish politicians finally admitted Friday night that more than 50,000 people mostly male, crossed from Morocco into Ceuta in a matter of hours. Local provincial president Juan Jesus Vivas put the number closer to 60,000. Nearly 48,300 had apparently already walked or swam back by early evening, leaving only about 2,000 still inside the enclave. However, those figures have not yet been… Source
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Tens of thousands of migrants voluntarily leave after crossing into Spanish territory of Ceuta
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory returned voluntarily to Morocco on Friday, a day after the influx triggered chaos in the North African city and reignited the immigration debate in
The majority of the migrants have returned to Morocco, according to Spain's Interior Ministry.
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 …
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