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By Inti Landauro and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The European Union should use all available leverage, including visa and trade policy, to secure cooperation from Morocco on migration,
An estimated 60,000 people from Morocco crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar, in an unprecedented mass movement last week. At least 72 people died during the attempt.
More than a dozen have died as thousands of migrants entered a small Spanish territory in Northern Africa. Here’s what to know.
By Inti Landauro and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The European Union should use all the leverage at its disposal, including visa policy and trade, to secure cooperation from Morocco on migration,
The junior partner of Spain’s government wants Spain to reconsider hosting the next World Cup with Morocco after the migration crisis in Ceuta.
An estimated 50,000 to 60,000 migrants entered a small Spanish territory alongside Morocco on Thursday and Friday, according to Spanish authorities. Although at least 48,300 had returned to Morocco by Friday afternoon, the mass crossing prompted an immediate backlash from far-right politicians in Europe that seemed poised to linger.
Spain's Ceuta migrant crisis exposed Sánchez government's border security failures and political vulnerability to Morocco.