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France and Italy boost border controls after migrant influx into Spain's Ceuta

Spain rushed troops, more police, drones, divers and boats to Ceuta
Spain rushed troops, more police, drones, divers and boats to Ceuta. © Jorge Guerrero, AFP

The EU is grappling with one of its largest migrant crises for the European Union in recent years after about 60,000 people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa from Morocco. Officials said that 67 people died while trying to swim to Ceuta and that more than 48,000 migrants had returned by Friday evening. The reasons for the sudden influx remain unclear.

France and Italy bolstered border controls on Saturday after about 60,000 people crossed into Spain's enclave in North Africa, sparking one of the largest migrant crises for the European Union in recent years.

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