Ceuta migration crisis sparks protests as Spanish government faces criticism

Despite the tense atmosphere, protesters and counterprotesters in Ceuta's Plaza de los Reyes gradually dispersed without the need for a larger police intervention.

About 60,000 people crossed in 24 hours, leaving at least 67 dead

The Spanish leader found himself the target of swift condemnations and warnings.

Death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco climbs to 67, Spanish government says

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been the most progressive European leader on migration, bucking his colleagues’ rightward shift. That stance has now left him politically exposed after thousands of migrants overran a Spanish enclave in Northern Africa.