60,000 migrants from Morocco enter Spanish territory after overrunning border.
It shares its only land border with Morocco and, together with Melilla, another Spanish city, forms the European Union’s only land border with Africa.
European leaders have called for Spain’s temporary suspension from the bloc’s Schengen free-travel zone because of fears of a fresh migration crisis, leading to a diplomatic row between Rome and Madrid.
Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has described the incident as an attack on Spain’s “territorial integrity” while vowing to ensure the safety of Ceuta residents.
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