At the edge of two worlds, in the border town of Fnideq, hundreds of families hold up photographs in the heat — searching for sons and daughters who walked into Spain's Ceuta a week ago and have not returned. A sudden surge of roughly 72,000 people across this narrow threshold of North Africa has left at least 99 dead, hundreds missing, and 862 unaccompanied children registered by Spanish authorities, with more unaccounted for. What began as a mass movement — shaped by rumor, desperation, and the quiet arithmetic of lives with no prospects — has settled into something older and more intimate:
Families search Ceuta border as death toll from mass crossing nears 100
At least 99 people confirmed dead (88 in Ceuta, 11 in Morocco) with dozens missing; 862 unaccompanied children registered and additional children unaccounted for in Ceuta.