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Seven Moroccan taxi drivers have been sentenced to up to six months in prison and fined for aiding irregular migration. They drove people to the Spanish border in Ceuta.
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.
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Ursula von der Leyen has called for action ahead of an urgent EU interior ministers meeting to discuss the issue.
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.
Spain reports 72 deaths as the Ceuta migrant crisis deepens, with intelligence officials saying Morocco allowed border controls to gradually relax.
CEUTA, Spain, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants set up camp on a beach in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday as local authorities struggled to cope with the thousands still in the tiny territory after a massive border rush last week.
Spain’s prime minister slammed the reaction of some other European leaders, saying calls to suspend Spain from the borderless Schengen zone were “driven by prejudice, fake news, ignorance, or political interest.
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Death toll increases to 67 people, according to Spain's Ministry of the Interior, after about 50,000 people entered the Spanish enclave since Thursday morning, with most migrants returned to Morocco on Saturday.