About 5,000 Moroccans illegally enter Spain’s Ceuta enclave, says government spokesperson
By Reuters - 18 May 2021
Migrants, who swam from Morocco to Spain, cross a fence on a beach in El Tarajal, Ceuta, Spain, on May 17, 2021.
Image: Ceuta Actualidad TV via REUTERS
An unusually large group of about 5,000 Moroccans, many of them minors or families, illegally swam into Spain's northern African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, a spokesperson for the Spanish government's delegation there said.
One person died in the attempt, the spokesperson said.
Crowds of mostly young people swam onto the beach, some running or showing thumbs up, footage by local media Faro showed, in activity that started overnight and gathered pace later in the day.