More than 6,000 migrants swim or jump fences to Spanish outpost in North Africa, prompting military response
Author: Ranata Brito, Aritz Parra, Associated Press
Updated: 2 days ago
Published 2 days ago
A man lies on the ground as Spanish Army cordon off the area at the border of Morocco and Spain, at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Ceuta, a Spanish city of 85,000 in northern Africa, faces a humanitarian crisis after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border control in their country to swim or paddle in inflatable boats into European soil. Around 6,000 people had crossed by Tuesday morning since the first arrivals began in the early hours of Monday, including 1,500 who are presumed to be teenagers. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo)