Spain said migrant crossings into its North African enclave of Ceuta had come to a halt overnight as authorities on Saturday began installing a 500-meter (1,640-foot) floating barrier along the border with Morocco following a mass crossing that left at least 67 people dead.
Spanish authorities said about 50,000 people crossed into Ceuta by land and sea beginning Thursday in an unprecedented surge at one of the European Union's only land borders with Africa.
More than 48,000 of those migrants were returned to Morocco within 48 hours without major incident, officials said.
Reuters footage from Saturday showed Spanish soldiers and police patrolling the largely deserted Tarajal Beach, where thick fog blanketed the shoreline.
The Civil Guard began installing the floating barrier at 7:50 a.m. (5.50 a.m. GMT) along the Tarajal breakwater, one of the main entry points used by migrants attempting to reach the small Spanish enclave, according to a government statement.
