Ceuta leader says 100 migrants died in border rush

Ceuta's leader said over 3,000 migrants who rushed the border last week are still in Ceuta, hundreds of them are minors.

After migrant surge from Morocco, EU says Spain assured Schengen is safe but warns Europe's borders are 'vulnerable'.

Ceuta president Juan Jesus Vivas told the European Parliament that at least 100 people died in the border rush and thousands of migrants remain.

Ceuta city leader says approximately 100 people have died during last week's massive border rush, and between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in the enclave.

The colonial legacies of both cities cast long shadows, writes Parvati Nair of The Conversation

Spain's Ceuta seeks transfer of unaccompanied migrant minors to mainland Spain after border rush  Reuters

MADRID, Aug 5 - Spain's Ceuta, still reeling from a rush of 72,000 migrants arriving on its shores in one week, is seeking the transfer of hundreds of unaccompanied minors still in the enclave to mainland Spain, local leaders confirmed on Wednesday.

Ceuta border rush: Loved ones in limbo over missing family members  CNN

Madrid on Tuesday called on Italy to stop the selective border checks it has been conducting on people arriving via air and sea from Spain after suspending its Schengen arrangements with Spain following the arrival of thousands of migrants at the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta last week. During an emergency vid

Spain's Interior Ministry on Tuesday updated its figures for the unprecedented rush of migrants to Ceuta last week, revising up both the number of people who illegally crossed into its North African enclave and those who drowned trying.

Local authorities in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta are struggling to cope with the thousands that stayed behind after a massive border rush last week. They say among those who remain are significant numbers of people from other countries, including Sudanese fleeing their war-torn country, Afghans and Palestini

Spain says it will build a 1,600-foot containment fence around its enclave of Ceuta after thousands of migrants rushed its border with Morocco last week. CBS News' Aidan Stretch reports.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Morocco was “an important strategic partner” in stopping illegal migration as Europe looks to tighten its borders.

Did Moroccan ‘deep state’ manufacture Ceuta migrant surge?  thetimes.com

Thousands of migrants remain in Ceuta after a mass rush from Morocco last week, the enclave's president has said.

Spain has installed a 500-meter containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and Morocco

At least 67 migrants died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, the Spanish government said Saturday.