EU calls for strengthening borders after thousands of migrants pour into Spain from Morocco

Ursula von der Leyen has called for action ahead of an urgent EU interior ministers meeting to discuss the issue.

Up to 60,000 migrants entered the Spanish territory this week, with dozens dying including some who drowned or were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier

At least 67 people have died trying to reach the territory from Morocco, with many swimming around a border fence

The Spanish government announced on Friday evening that at least 48,000 of the 60,000 people who entered Ceuta in recent days had returned to Morocco.

Ceuta migrant crisis latest update: Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta witnessed an influx of about 66,000 migrants who sailed in from Morocco this week.

Spain reports that the death toll in the Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has risen to 67

The death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier.

Spurred by messages on social media, around 50,000 people illegally crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta since Thursday, July 30, in an unprecedented influx. But most have already been forced to make the journey back.

At least 18 migrants have died while attempting to reach the city of Ceuta, where Spain deployed military forces after thousands of people crossed the border with Morocco and streamed into the small Spanish enclave. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is expected to join Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska on a