Ceuta calls for emergency as thousands of migrants cross
The escalation at the border between Spain and Morocco comes after a surge in migrants attempting to reach the small exclave on the North African coast, mainly by swimming.
Those attempting the crossing are mainly Moroccans, along with a small number of Algerians who had been living in Morocco while trying to migrate to Europe, according to activists in Morocco and Ceuta.
The scenes of people streaming across the frontier recall the border crisis of May 2021 when more than 8,000 migrants poured into Ceuta in just two days.
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