Spain requests emergency funding from the EU over Ceuta migrants

European Commission says it is 'assessing' Spain's request after some 70,000 migrants surged into North African enclave.

Authorities are struggling to restore normality in the Spanish enclave as pressure mounts over migrant returns and the EU's response to the crisis.

The Spanish territory of Ceuta in northern Africa is in chaos as thousands of illegal immigrants linger on its shores and the government is reneging on its promise not to transfer migrants to the continent. Thousands of migrants are defying Spanish orders to return to Morocco and are setting up makeshift shelters acros