Migrants Push for Spain’s Ceuta Again After Border Security Tightened

Migrants Push for Spain’s Ceuta Again After Border Security Tightened
Migrants climb a sea wall in the northern town of Fnideq after attempting to cross the border from Morocco to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on May 19, 2021. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images
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CEUTA, Spain/FNIDEQ, Morocco—Hundreds of migrants tried to force their way past tightened security into Ceuta on May 19, as Spain pressed on with the expulsion of thousands who had swum or climbed into its North African enclave over the past two days.

Around two-thirds of the roughly 8,000 migrants who made it to Ceuta, including unaccompanied children, have been expelled, Spanish authorities say, though many of those returned said they would again try to reach Europe.