By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Spanish authorities should have anticipated the consequences of a court ruling that weakened a key deterrent against illegal migration and contributed to last week's mass crossings into the enclave of Ceuta in northern Morocco,

Video footage showed crowds of people, mainly Moroccans, walking around the breakwaters at Tarajal beach onto local roads. While the majority appeared to be young men, there were also families with women and children.

Ursula von der Leyen has called for action ahead of an urgent EU interior ministers meeting to discuss the issue.

Spain and Morocco reinforced the border fence of a Spanish enclave after around 49,000 people arrived by sea in one day. Dozens of bodies have been recovered, Spanish authorities said.

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.

Morocco recently named a highway that spans more than 1,055 kilometers after President Trump, citing his decision to recognize Rabat’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara as the reason for the nod. “While our relations have always been rooted in close friendship and loyalty,

Morocco’s General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) has issued an orange-level weather alert warning of a heatwave and very hot weather in several parts of the country from Tuesday through Thursday.

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.

Moroccan King Mohammed VI said his decision to give US President Donald Trump’s name to a $1 billion highway that crosses into the disputed Western Sahara expresses his “deep appreciation” of the American leader.

But the migration crisis that erupted at Spain’s borders has signalled where King Mohammed VI holds leverage over prime minister Pedro Sánchez. Although Morocco’s economy is one-tenth the size of Spain’s,

The countries are two of the co-hosts for the tournament and both are pressing their case to stage the biggest game in world sport