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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Emmanuel Morilla

Ceuta Death Toll Rises to 72 as EU Nations Demand Spain Schengen Suspension Over Border Influx

Thousands of migrants swam into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on Thursday, triggering a humanitarian emergency and renewed pressure on Madrid to tighten border controls. (Credit: @visegrad24/X)

At least 72 people have died in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta after tens of thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco in a sudden border influx, according to Spain's interior ministry and local authorities.

The deaths over several days as people tried to reach the tiny territory by land and sea have turned one of the EU's only land borders with Africa into the centre of a political and humanitarian emergency.

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