Dikra is a 20-year-old migrant from Morocco. She has spent five days in Ceuta after swimming to the Spanish territory with her sister and cousin.

Spain’s prime minister has rushed to Ceuta to defuse a growing crisis after an estimated 50,000 migrants poured into the Spanish exclave in North Africa from Morocco in a single day.

More than a dozen have died as thousands of migrants entered a small Spanish territory in Northern Africa. Here’s what to know.

Hundreds of migrants from Morocco have swum into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta over the last week.

Far-right politicians and activists are flocking to the Spanish territory on the northern coast of Africa, fueling tensions there days after thousands of migrants entered the exclave.

The Ceuta crossings have shaken Europe politically, exposing divisions over the sensitive issue of migration, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford writes.

Some residents of Ceuta, whose Spanish sovereignty is disputed by Morocco, suspect Rabat orchestrated the influx to hurt its European neighbour. Migrants said that when they approached the Spanish frontier, Moroccan guards had ushered them on and in some cases had been overwhelmed by the crowds.

Between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on July 30. Spain declared a state of emergency. The causes were a matter of public record: a Spanish domestic legal ruling, the state of Spanish-Moroccan relations, and a decade ...