Hundreds of migrants have entered the Spanish north African exclave of Ceuta by sea in recent days, officials said Thursday, with local television images showing them swimming around the frontier and running into the town.
Migration from Morocco into Spain's two north African territories, Ceuta and Melilla, has long been a politically sensitive issue between the two countries.
"We are in a situation of total humanitarian and social emergency," said the president of the territory, Juan Jesús Vivas, in comments broadcast on Thursday by Spanish television.
Una oleada de personas, miles de ellas, ha cruzado sin control de Marruecos a Ceuta. La Guardia Civil y los medios de emergencia, superados, solo se ocupan de los heridos. Los agentes han tenido que abrir las verjas, porque querían evitar que se forme un tapón… pic.twitter.com/pYFnAmbgLw
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