Leader of Spain’s Ceuta enclave wants migrant detention centre after July influx

MADRID – The leader of Ceuta demanded on Aug 10 the detention and expulsion of the thousands of migrants wandering the Spanish north African territory’s streets after a mass influx from Morocco in July.Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an unprecedented and deadly rush on July 30 and 31, with 70,000 having since returned to Morocco, according to Spanish government figures.But the thousands who remain – including hundreds of unaccompanied children who cannot be summarily deported – struggle to access food, water, shelter and sanitation while the tiny enclave’s resources are overwhelmed.Their future has sparked a political battle between Spain’s leftist central government and regions governed by the main conservative Popular Party (PP) and far-right Vox, which resist taking in unacc