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[At least 5,000 migrants have reached Spain's Ceuta
enclave from neighbouring Morocco,
a record number of arrivals in a single day, local officials say.

They say the migrants - who include hundreds
of minors - either swam around the
border fences that jut out into the
sea or walked across at low tide.
They are said to be mostly from Morocco.
Spanish media says Moroccan border
guards did not stop them.

Spain's Ceuta and Melilla enclaves have
become magnets for African migrants.
Early reports on Monday said more than
100 people had come overnight around
the coast at Benzu on the north side
of Ceuta, followed by some at Tarajal
on the south side.

Most were said to be young men,
but the group also included children
and several families.
Many had used inflatable rings and
rubber dinghies, authorities added.]



At least Spain will send them back to Morocco



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57150051



[The EU border force Frontex
reports that illegal migration to Spain's
Canary Islands - off the Moroccan coast - has surged this year.
In most cases sub-Saharan Africans
make perilous journeys in rickety boats
and drowning is common.]