VIDEO. "I'd rather die here than go back": some migrants entering Ceuta illegally try to stay in Spain

According to Madrid, the "quasi-all" of the approximately 60,000 people who crossed the border illegally have since been returned to neighbouring Morocco

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The last figure we have is 72, said the local government delegate of Ceuta, Miguel Angel Perez Triano, to journalists who questioned him about the number of deaths. The Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH) reported "nearly 130 victims" and dozens of missing persons, and called on Saturday to open an independent investigation into the causes of this unprecedented influx of migrants between the Moroccan city of Fnideq and the Spanish enclave. Back home, he works as a security guard .

Furthermore, Spanish forces escort migrants to the Ceuta-Morocco border gate in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta August 1, 2026. — AFP pic Relative normality The situation has been changed to normal, Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska announced. Clearing the traces of chaos On Sunday, the police and the army patrol the streets of Ceuta where calm has returned.

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The last figure we have is 72, said the local government delegate of Ceuta, Miguel Angel Perez Triano, to journalists who questioned him about the number of deaths.
according to BFMTV — News 24/7 +1
The Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH) reported "nearly 130 victims" and dozens of missing persons, and called on Saturday to open an independent investigation into the causes of this unprecedented influx of migrants between the Moroccan city of Fnideq and the Spanish enclave.
according to BFMTV — News 24/7 +1
Back home, he works as a security guard .
according to Malay Mail
Spanish forces escort migrants to the Ceuta-Morocco border gate in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta August 1, 2026. — AFP pic Relative normality The situation has been changed to normal, Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska announced.
according to Malay Mail
Clearing the traces of chaos On Sunday, the police and the army patrol the streets of Ceuta where calm has returned.
according to Radio-Canada