At least 18 migrants died trying to reach the Spanish territory of Ceuta after tens of thousands of people breached the frontier with Morocco and poured into the tiny Spanish territory.

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

Spanish authorities said that despite the record crossing of migrants, almost everyone who entered illegally has returned to Morocco.

The scale of the mass movement was compounded by three things: a ruling this month from Spain’s Supreme Court giving deportation protections to people who swim into the territory, widespread videos on social media of those making the journey and the apparent acquiescence of Moroccan border guards.

By Michael Francis Gore and Ahmed Eljechtimi CEUTA, Spain/ FNIDEQ, Morocco, July 31 (Reuters) - Spain said on Friday it had reversed a huge rush of migrants into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, with most of the more than 50,

President Donald Trump said during a Cabinet meeting that similar scenes of migrants flooding into Spain could play out in the U.S. if Democrats gain power.

Most of the migrants returned to Morocco after as many as 60,000 overwhelmed the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta.

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.

Conservative leaders across Europe react as an estimated 60,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta from Morocco within 24 hours, threatening its open-border policies.

The pro-immigration leader is facing backlash at home and abroad after roughly 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave.