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Spain pushes migrants back to Morocco

Spain pushes migrants back to Morocco as fallout deepens over mass border breach

The crisis in Ceuta, on the African coast, instantly became a touchstone in the global migrant debate as suspicions swirled that the viral incident was orchestrated.

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Migrants say hunger and hostility drove them back from Spain's Ceuta to Morocco

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Spain Installs Floating Barrier in Ceuta After Influx of Migrants

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Ceuta grapples with aftermath of border surge after most migrants leave the Spanish territory

Ceuta over the weekend no longer looked like a city on edge, but the events of the week were still on everyone’s minds.

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State Department raises travel warning for part of Spain as migrant surge sparks military deployment

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Spain’s prime minister rushes to defuse migrant crisis after 50,000 cross from Morocco in a single day

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How Spain's migrant crisis created a political storm - whipped up by social media

But the extraordinary surge of arrivals has left at least 67 people dead, their bodies pulled from the sea where they floated alongside abandoned rubber rings and flippers.

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Hundreds of minors sleep rough in Ceuta migrant crisis

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Death toll in Spain’s Ceuta border crisis rises as tens of thousands return to Morocco

Spain installs sea barrier on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67

Spain on Saturday installed a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco after tens of thousands of migrants breached

Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave in north Africa

Spain and Morocco reinforced the border fence of a Spanish enclave after around 49,000 people arrived by sea in one day. Dozens of bodies have been recovered, Spanish authorities said.

50,000 cross into Spanish territory in deadly rush across border from Morocco

The dramatic events were “a violation of Spain’s territorial integrity,” Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Friday on a hurried visit to Ceuta.

‘I just want a chance': Moroccans sought better future in collective crossing to Spain territory

When he heard that the border was breached, Abdulah Buji jumped on his motorbike and rode as fast as he could to join the tens of thousands of other Moroccans who swam en masse to reach Spanish territory.

After Tens of Thousands of Migrants Enter Spanish Territory, Most Return to Morocco

An estimated 50,000 to 60,000 migrants entered a small Spanish territory alongside Morocco on Thursday and Friday, according to Spanish authorities. Although at least 48,300 had returned to Morocco by Friday afternoon, the mass crossing prompted an immediate backlash from far-right politicians in Europe that seemed poised to linger.

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Powerful Photos Show a Surge of Moroccan Migrants Crossing Into Spain

Close to 50,000 Moroccan migrants crossed into Spain's Ceuta enclave in just two days, creating a humanitarian emergency and leaving behind striking scenes along Europe's southern border.

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Thousands of migrants flood Spain from Morocco, causing ‘absolute chaos’

Thousands of migrants ” totally collapsed” border fences and flooded into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco Thursday — spurring local officials to urge Spain’s government to declare a national emergency.