Ceuta migration influx has resulted in tens of thousands of migrants who originally travelled into the Spanish territory to return to North Africa; Spain to put up containment fence.

Spain on Saturday installed a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco after tens of thousands of migrants breached the frontier earlier in the week.

Hundreds of migrants from Morocco have swum into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta over the last week.

Political talk show host and comedian Bill Maher compared Spain to California after the mass migration incident in Ceuta. On Thursday, thousands of migrants from Morocco breached the border and entered Spain's enclave of Ceuta.

As migrant arrivals from Morocco surge, Spain has deployed troops to tiny Ceuta after thousands crossed into the enclave and at least 57 died.

President Donald Trump declared the sudden influx of migrants to Ceuta, Spain, this week a "talking point for the midterms," alleging the U.S. would see illegal immigration at levels "much worse" if Democrats were to take power—but the situation in Ceuta is driven by a combination of geographical and policy factors incomparable with anything that could happen in the U.

The arrival of at least 1,500 migrants within a few days in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in North Africa has put local authorities on high alert. The state-run TV station RTVE reported that many of the new arrivals are minors and children.