Migrant children sleeping rough in Spain's Ceuta at risk of abuse

Hundreds of unaccompanied children are at risk of abuse and exploitation as they sleep rough on the streets of Ceuta after taking part in the mass migrant entry into the Spanish territory a week ago, aid groups warned Thursday.

BARCELONA/CEUTA/RABAT, Aug 7 - Police and forensic scientists have drafted in extra staff to try to identify the bodies of 80 migrants found after last week's mass rush into Spain's Ceuta enclave, as desperate families wait for news of missing loved ones.

[DW] With over 3,000 migrants still in Ceuta after rushing the border last week, Ceuta leader Juan Jesus Vivas warns the situation in the Spanish exclave is "unsustainable." Hundreds of those migrants are minors.

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

Washington blasts Madrid for its "shameful refusal" to protect its North African exclave from a "migrant invasion."

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

Roughly 1,100 unaccompanied migrant minors who rushed the beaches of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta could soon make it to mainland Spain. The group arrived as unaccompanied minors who authorities can’t immediately deport, according to Reuters. More than 70,000 migrants, mainly adult men from Morocco, arrived in Ceuta wit

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 European Commission is discussing with Spanish officials fresh financial support to potentially bolster border force and humanitarian assistance as the city of Ceuta grapples with the aftermath of an unprecedented surge of migrant arrivals.

Local officials are calling on the government to transfer the 1,100 children to mainland Spain.

Up to 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta in two days, leaving at least 72 dead and triggering EU emergency talks and an Italian Schengen suspension.

Under Spanish immigration law, the children cannot be summarily deported

Thousands of migrants remained in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on August 3 after the previous week’s massive border crossing, with many rushing to collect water and drinks distributed by local residents. Camped on El Trampolín beach, many migrants said they were hungry, thirsty and seeking asylum, refusing to

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

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A Spanish legal body responsible for the identification work, composed of forensics and Civil Guard experts, said in a statement that authorities in Ceuta had recovered 79 bodies from the sea.

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It started with Instagram posts that suggested Spain’s border with Morocco was opening up. Then came Facebook users tracking coast guard patrols and TikTok videos showing where to swim.

The dead have been recovered from the waters off Ceuta. Most of the migrants who forced their way across the frontier into Spain have gone back to Morocco. In the enclave city, shops are open nearly a week after it became the epicentre of a European migration crisis.

It started with Instagram posts that suggested Spain’s border with Morocco was opening up. Then came Facebook users tracking coastguard patrols and TikTok videos showing where to swim. After many shares and comments, thousands of Moroccans became convinced that Europe was suddenly within reach. Within hours, young peop

Migration commissioner says scheme regularising undocumented people ‘not a good signal’ for Europe Explainer: Why is Ceuta a migration flashpoint? The EU’s top official on migration has criticised Spain’s plan to regularise undocumented migrants as “not a good signal” for Europe, after an emergency meeting intended t

Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska gave a fresh estimate of the migrants who pushed into Ceuta last week, as European Union ministers discussed the crisis on Tuesday.

Longing for asylum, people from countries such as Sudan, Somalia and Mali are faced with an uncertain future.

About 70,000 of the 72,000 people who came to Ceuta illegally last week have been returned to Morocco, Spain says.

Information from military and civilian intelligence sources suggests the Spanish government was warned of the heightened risk of a mass arrival of migrants, with alerts issued over several days prior to the event.

The Government will likely breathe a sigh of relief as the political temperature surrounding Spain's handling of the migrant crisis in Ceuta cools after some fractious exchanges among EU member states in recent days.

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — The dead have been recovered from the waters off Ceuta. Most of the migrants who forced their way across the frontier into Spain have gone back to Morocco. In the enclave city, shops are open nearly a week after it became the epicenter of a European migration crisis.But an estimated 1,000 minors — a

Children in a strange land: the plight of the 1,000 minor migrants still in Spain’s Ceuta  AP News

More than 80 died after the sudden arrival of 72,000 migrants entered the exclave on Thursday and Friday

Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain’s Ceuta after mass crossing  Toronto Star

Criminals previously banished from Spain on jihadism charges were detected among the massive swam of illegal migrants that invaded Ceuta last week, unnamed Spanish law enforcement sources disclosed on Tuesday.

The sight of 60,000 Moroccans breaking into Spanish territory adds to the "invasion" narrative troubling the European imagination.

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

Ursula von der Leyen wants stronger border controls after Ceuta crisis  The Times

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for "united action" on border security after the chaotic influx of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week.

Tens of thousands of migrants irregularly entered the north African territory from Morocco in an unprecedented and deadly surge.

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.

The fallout from the Ceuta border rush shows extreme, populist views are now mainstream  CNN

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

The death toll climbed to 67, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, the Spanish government said Saturday.