Tensions ease on Spain-Morocco border but migrant row rankles
By Hazel Ward with Daniel Silva in Madrid
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Spain has increased the numbers of soldiers and police guarding its border with Morocco. By Antonio Sempere (AFP)
The seas were calm along the Moroccan-Spanish frontier late Wednesday with no sign of swimmers trying to reach Spain's north African Ceuta enclave after a record 8,000 arrivals in just one day.
Spanish authorities were caught by surprise when large numbers of people began flooding across the frontier on Monday as the Moroccan border forces looked the other way, quickly leaving the tiny territory overwhelmed.