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Updated: Fri 31 Jul 2026 17:20 CET

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Migrants sit on rocks after swimming through the waters close to the border with Morocco to enter Spain's north Africa's Ceuta enclave on July 31, 2026. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)

Analysts have said Moroccan security forces "have been sitting on their hands" as tens of thousands of people crossed the border into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on Thursday and Friday. Was the move intentional by Moroccan authorities?