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Spain estimates 69,500 migrants have returned to Morocco over the past four days, exceeding initial estimates of 50,000 arrivals in Ceuta on Thursday.
Spain recorded the EU's highest jihadist terrorism arrests in 2025 as suspected extremists were identified among 72,000 migrants flooding into Ceuta.
An unprecedented surge of migrants into Spanish territory in North Africa marked the first test of the European Union’s new migration pact and has reignited the bloc’s debate over immigration.
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.
Spanish authorities said that despite the record crossing of migrants, almost everyone who entered illegally has returned to Morocco.
Spain reports 72 deaths as the Ceuta migrant crisis deepens, with intelligence officials saying Morocco allowed border controls to gradually relax.
After thousands poured into the Spanish territory in North Africa, the pro-immigration policies of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez were blamed. The reality is more complex.
MADRID, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Spain's leftist government expects to transfer some migrant minors from overcrowded reception centres in the North African enclave of Ceuta to the mainland within weeks, alleviating the migration crisis in the tiny territory after last week's deadly border rush,