Second day of Spain – Morocco border clashes amid mass migrant influx

Second day of Spain - Morocco border clashes amid mass migrant influx.

Spain has deployed its military to Ceuta after thousands of migrants rushed the border with Morocco, leading to more than a dozen deaths, according to the Spanish News Agency EFE. CBS News' Aidan Stretch reports.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday planned to head to the country's north African exclave after tens of thousands of undocumented migrants crossed the border overnight. Read moreSpain deploys military as hundreds cross into Ceuta from Morocco Spain sent troops to the Ceuta enclave to reinforce the Civil Gua

Thousands of people, mostly young men and teenagers, crossed from Morocco to the Spanish enclave located on the African continent by sea on Thursday.

For many migrants hoping to reach Europe, Ceuta offers one of the shortest routes onto EU territory.Spain has deployed its armed forces to the North African enclave of Ceuta after thousand migrants crossed into the territory from neighbouring Morocco in one of the largest border breaches in recent years. The Spanish in

18 people died on Thursday trying to enter Ceuta in North Africa

Thousands of migrants recently surged into Spain's Ceuta from Morocco, overwhelming authorities and prompting military support from Madrid.

Several fires are being reported in Morocco's Beni-Enzar town

Several fires are being reported in a Moroccan port town neighbouring a Spanish territory as riots broke out

Police overwhelmed as thousands of migrants have rushed across the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Police overwhelmed as thousands of migrants have rushed across the border from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

The exclave city’s local leader, Juan Vivas, has called on Spain’s central government to help, calling the situation ‘a total humanitarian and social emergency.’ In recent days police have recovered more than 25 bodies of migrants who drowned trying to swim to the city

Thousands crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, prompting local authorities to request a national emergency and military support.

Hundreds of migrants from Morocco have swum into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta over the last week.