Spanish authorities said Saturday they were installing a floating barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighbouring Morocco after a deadly surge of tens of thousands of migrants into the territory earlier in the week prompted alarm across the European Union.
Spain said migrant crossings into its North African enclave of Ceuta stopped overnight, as police began installing a 500-metre (1,640-foot) floating barrier on Saturday off its border with Morocco following a mass rush that killed at least 72 people.
