Spanish PM blasts 'selfish' EU nations over criticism after 60,000 migrants cross border from Morocco - as death toll rises to 77 - lbc.co.uk

Spanish PM blasts 'selfish' EU nations over criticism after 60,000 migrants cross border from Morocco - as death toll rises to 77  lbc.co.uk

Death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco climbs to 67, Spanish government says

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The Spanish Interior Ministry said 37,500 had already returned to Morocco, with hundreds more going back by the hour.

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The influx of asylum seekers has left Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez grappling with the country’s worst migration crisis in years.

Without shelter, thousands of migrants, including unaccompanied children, have been sleeping in parks and on pavements.

Around 40,000 migrants cross from Morocco into Spain's Ceuta, police say  euractiv.com

At the gates into Ceuta, Moroccan authorities deployed water cannon trucks and pushed people back

Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave after 49,000 cross in a day  Reuters

CEUTA, Spain/ FNIDEQ, Morocco, July 31 - Spain and Morocco reinforced the border fence of a Spanish enclave on Friday and appeared to have halted mass crossings, after around 49,000 people arrived by sea and land in a single day, with at least 19 dead bodies found in the water.

Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave after 49,000 cross in a day  CNN

Spain sent troops to deal with the crisis as Morocco deployed water cannon trucks at the crossing-gates

Some drowned and others caught up in crush, official says, and thousands sleep on streets or in parks At least 18 people have died trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after about 49,000 migrants breached the border with Morocco and poured into the tiny territory. Spain sent ​military and police reinforcements