Ceuta: Most who breached border have left, Spain says
Nearly all of the more than 50,000 migrants who breached the border this week have returned to Morocco, according to Spanish officials. At least 72 people died in the border rush. DW has more.
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The recent border surge in Ceuta was fueled by misinformation spread on social media, human trafficking groups, and a Spanish court ruling banning immediate returns of migrants intercepted at sea, the Moroccan Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
The statement was the first from the Moroccan government since the mass border breach on Thursday and Friday, during which Spain says between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta.
Morocco said around 40,000 people were involved in the mass crossing at Ceuta, while 1,135 were stopped while trying to enter Melilla, Spain's other North African exclave.
Ten of them died by drowning while attempting to cross the border, the ministry said, with one person dying after falling from a rocky area.
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