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Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush of migrants after 49,000 cross in a day, at least 19 die
Open this photo in gallery:Members of Moroccan security forces gather at the site of clashes near Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on Friday.ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT/AFP/Getty ImagesSpain and Morocco reinforced the border fence of a Spanish enclave on Friday and appeared to have halted mass crossings, after around 49,000 people arrived by sea and land in a single day, with at least 19 dead bodies found in the water.The mass crossing into Ceuta, a Spanish-held spit jutting into the Mediterranean from Morocco, caused division in Europe, with Italy threatening to suspend the EU’s internal open border scheme.At the gates into Ceuta, Moroccan authorities had deployed water cannon trucks and pushed people back. The charred remains of a bus and seven cars could be seen nearby from clashes with the
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