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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Suman Naishadham and Antonio Sempere

Ceuta begins burials for migrants who died attempting to cross into the Spanish territory

Migration Spain Ceuta Burials - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Against the murmur of prayers, body bags were lowered into graves marked only with numbers. Gravediggers placed the first four victims in cinderblock plots while a small group of locals watched at a cemetery on the tip of North Africa.

The dead, whose identities are unknown, were among the more than 90 migrants who lost their lives during Spain’s deadliest border crisis three weeks ago. Fueled by misinformation, poverty and a lack of opportunities, more than 72,000 people poured into Ceuta, a Spanish territory that neighbors Morocco.

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