Ceuta Migration Crisis Deepens as Thousands Cross From Morocco
Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta is grappling with its most severe migration crisis in years, after thousands of people crossed from Morocco in a single day this week. The surge has reignited a debate that already ranks among the top concerns for Spanish voters.
Beginning midday Thursday, crowds of migrants streamed into Ceuta near the Tarajal breakwater, some wading and swimming around the barrier and others walking directly across the border. Spanish authorities and Moroccan media have offered wildly different estimates of how many people crossed, with figures ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands over the course of the day.
A Border Overwhelmed
Video footage from the scene showed large crowds — mostly young men, though families with children were also among them — moving along roads near the beach after passing the breakwater. Some Read More...
