In the span of a single day, the Spanish enclave of Ceuta absorbed a human tide of roughly 60,000 migrants crossing from Morocco — a number approaching three-quarters of the territory's own population — before most quietly returned within 24 hours, leaving behind at least 57 dead and a continent's worth of unresolved questions. The event was not merely a border incident but a stress test of Europe's humanitarian imagination, exposing the gap between the scale of human desperation and the systems built to meet it. What drew so many, and what sent them back, remains only partially understood — b
Tens of thousands of migrants voluntarily return to Morocco after Ceuta crossing chaos
At least 57 migrants died during the crossing attempt, including those who drowned or were killed in a stampede at the border barrier.
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