Ceuta on edge and trying to recover after deadly mass migrant crossings
Calm is slowly returning to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta after around 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco in just days. Spanish officials say most have now returned, but thousands remain, hoping to find work as residents continue to voice concerns over illegal migration.
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Migrants, some of them unaccompanied minors, who crossed from Morocco into Spain, write down their contact information to give to a neighborhood association. -
Although calm is gradually returning to the Ceuta border, many local residents still feel anxious amid ongoing fears about illegal migration.
Spain's government said around 2,000 undocumented migrants remain in Ceuta, while local authorities estimate the number could be as high as 3,000 to 5,000.
On Tuesday, Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said that around 70,000 of the roughly 72,000 migrants who crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco last week have since returned to Morocco.
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