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Ceuta leader wants migrant detention centre after influx

The future of the migrants left in Ceuta has sparked a battle between the leftist central government and regions governed by the right. (Photo: AFP)

MADRID - The leader of Ceuta demanded on Monday the detention and expulsion of the thousands of migrants wandering the Spanish north African territory's streets after last month's mass influx from Morocco.

Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an unprecedented and deadly rush on July 30-31, with 70,000 having since returned to Morocco, according to Spanish government figures.

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