At least 34 people have died attempting to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta from Morocco, according to Spanish authorities. Officials are pushing for a national emergency to be declared as around 60,000 migrants crossed into the territory via land and sea over the past 24 hours. Over 37,500 have since gone back. It is yet unclear what triggered the influx, although Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has blamed criminal networks.
Migrants walk toward the border with Morocco on Friday to leave Spain amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain.
Migrants walk toward the border with Morocco on Friday to leave Spain amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain.
A member of the Spanish military keeps watch by a fence, as people walk through water attempting to enter Spain amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain.
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Migrants walk toward the border with Morocco on Friday to leave Spain amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain.
Migrants walk toward the border with Morocco on Friday to leave Spain amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain.
A member of the Spanish military keeps watch by a fence, as people walk through water attempting to enter Spain amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain.
