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c/europe · by solo@piefed.social · 3d

Spain estimates almost 50,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta over past 24 hours

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/07/31/migrant-deaths-rise-to-18-in-massive-crossing-into-spains-ceuta-from-morocco/

Spanish government deploys military and police after thousands cross from Morocco by sea and land

Spain’s ‌interior ministry said on ​Friday that according ​to ⁠its estimates ‌some ‌49,000 ​migrants had ⁠crossed into ​the ​enclave ‌of Ceuta ​in North ⁠Africa ⁠over ​past 24 hours, as they ‌rushed by ⁠sea and land ‌from ​Morocco.

The number ‌of people who died on Thursday trying ‌to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta ​in North Africa rose to 18,

Spanish state television ‌TVE ‌said ​between 2,000 and 3,000 people crossed into Ceuta ⁠on Thursday. ​

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myrmidex@belgae.social · 1 pts · 3d (1 reply)

Reminds me of Karl Pilkington reaching the end of the Great Wall of China, by the sea, and remarking

take your shoes and socks off, it's not even that deep there, you can just wander 'round it, so what is it protecting?

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 3d

Probably the same applies for Hadrian's Wall