The #BorderCrisis boiled over Thursday & Friday with security forces clashing with immigrants on the Moroccan side of the border.
#Spain PM Pedro Sánchez condemned the breach on Friday speaking in Ceuta, describing the events as “a violation of Spain’s territorial integrity.”
Sánchez cast blame on #HumanSmugglers, saying they “deceive so many young people, & ultimately lead many of them to their deaths—whether in the ocean or, as in this case, at Spain’s border in the autonomous city of Ceuta.”
#Ceuta officials now report 34 people have died. Earlier, Spanish authorities had said 19 bodies were found in the water.
Around 25,000 have turned & gone back to #Morocco voluntarily the #Spain Interior Ministry said.
#immigration #BorderCrisis #Europe #Africa #law #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ceuta-border-crisis-live-more-than-49000-migrants-cross-into-spanish-enclave-2026-07-31/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement