Spain to put containment fence around Ceuta after deadly border rush from Morocco

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.

A new investigation traced a weeks-long online campaign across TikTok, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram that allegedly helped mobilize thousands toward Ceuta.

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

SPANISH authorities have installed a massive barrier on the sea border between Ceuta and Morocco. The erection of the 1,600-foot barrier follows the breaching of the frontier by tens of thousands of Moroccans last week. At least 67 Moroccans died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to c

Spain installed the 500-meter-long barrier on Saturday in response to the tens of thousands of migrants who had suddenly rushed en masse to the country's North African territory earlier this week.

Spain installed the 500-meter-long barrier on Saturday in response to the tens of thousands of migrants who had suddenly rushed en masse to the country's North African territory earlier this week.

At least 67 people died while trying to climb the breakwater and border fence, officials say.

Spain on Saturday installed a 500-metre-long (1,600-foot) barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco after tens of thousands of migrants breached the frontier earlier in the week.

Spain has installed a 500-meter containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and Morocco

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.

A handful of exhausted migrants who swam to Ceuta’s urban Tarajal beach Saturday morning were met by soldiers who escorted them back across the border.

Spain announced it was installing a 500-metre-long containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighbouring Morocco after between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants breached the frontier earlier this week.

The border has now been reinforced and tens of thousands of people have since reportedly returned to Morocco voluntarily.