Moroccan families seek missing loved ones after the migrant surge to Spain's Ceuta

Families have gathered at the Moroccan border with Ceuta, searching for missing relatives among returning migrants

People hope to see friends or relatives among those still returning as death toll from mass crossing nears 100 Hundreds of people have gathered in the northern Moroccan town of Fnideq, near the border with Spain’s Ceuta, flashing photos of their missing loved ones to passersby in the hope of tracking them down. Their p

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

Families in Morocco are desperately searching for missing relatives days after a deadly mass crossing into Spain's enclave of Ceuta, while thousands of migrants who remain in the territory queue for their first food aid after days without assistance.

In the Moroccan town of Fnideq, parents are gathering along the border fence, waiting for news of their children. On July 30 and 31, over 60,000 migrants crossed the border to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Dozens of Moroccans gathered on Sunday in the town of Fnideq, desperately seeking news of their loved ones who were among the thousands who swam across the nearby border to the Spanish territory of Ceuta this week. Aldellatif, an agricultural worker in Moulay Bousselham, about 135 kilometres (84 miles)

The Ceuta crossings have shaken Europe politically, exposing divisions over the sensitive issue of migration, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford writes.

The Italian government on Friday imposed border checks with Spain in response to an influx of tens of thousands of migrants in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta.