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Thousands of migrants depart Ceuta as EU tightens borders

Migrants pass through a broken fence as they leave the Spanish enclave of Ceuta for the Moroccan border town of Fnideq, on August 1, 2026. More than 48,000 migrants have returned to Morocco from Ceuta, just two days after pouring in as rumours spread that the border had opened. (Photo: AFP)

CEUTA, Spain - Almost all of the tens of thousands of migrants who entered Spain’s enclave of Ceuta in North Africa had left by Saturday, officials said, as some EU countries bolstered their border controls over the sudden influx.

About 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta over just a few days from neighbouring Morocco, the enclave’s regional president Juan Jesus Vivas told reporters, but by Friday evening Spain’s interior ministry said more than 48,000 had already returned.

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