AFP30 Jul, 2026 07:13 PM4 mins to readMigrants reaching the shore of Spanish north African exclave of Ceuta, many swimming around the border fence between Morocco and Spain. Photo / AFPSpanish authorities said it would send soldiers to Ceuta to ensure security after nine people died amid hundreds of migrants entering the Spanish north African exclave from Morocco.

Migration from Morocco into Spain’s two north African territories, Ceuta and Melilla, has long been a politically sensitive issue between the two