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Spain said 48,300 migrants returned to Morocco as authorities moved to restore control after the Ceuta crossing surge.
- On Friday, more than 50,000 migrants entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, though Spain's Interior Ministry reported nearly 48,300 had returned across the border by evening.
- A July 8 Spanish Supreme Court ruling restricting immediate expulsions for sea arrivals likely encouraged the surge, while migrants like 33-year-old Moroccan Ahmed Karim cited limited job opportunities as motivation.
- Officials recovered 57 bodies, including victims who drowned or were crushed at Tarajal fence, as Spain deployed its military to "maintain security in the city of Ceuta."
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggested suspending Spain from the Schengen Area, calling images "shocking," while French President Macron said France stands ready to provide support through European border agency Frontex.
- U.S. President Donald Trump described the crossings as an "invasion" during a cabinet meeting, while hundreds rallied outside the Moroccan embassy in Madrid to denounce the situation, intensifying political debate.
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(Paris=Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Jin-won = Illegal immigrants who crossed the border and arrived in Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa, late last month are frustrated by the difficult local conditions...
Migrants say hunger and hostility drove them back from Spain’s Ceuta to Morocco
By Ahmed El Jechtimi and Corina Pons FNIDEQ, Morocco/CEUTA, Spain, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Migrants who swam or jumped over fences to rush into Spain's African enclave of Ceuta this week were returning home on Saturday, with many saying hunger, exhaustion a...
Barely two days after tens of thousands of migrants stormed the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, most are already back home. Dozens of people lost in the meantime...
The expulsions of immigrants after the last attempts at irregular entry in Ceuta do not seem to deter some of them. This is reflected in a video recorded in which they say that they will try again «morning». As he utters that word, he accompanies his response with a gesture of the index finger forward, making clear his intention to ... Continue reading "Immigrants expelled from Ceuta threaten to return"
A Moroccan migrant collapsed after swimming from Morocco to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. He received first aid, news agency Reuters reports. It is not known how the man is doing now. Estimates suggest that several dozen migrants drowned while attempting to reach Ceuta by water.
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