Malaika Kanaaneh TapperUpdated Aug 3, 2026 – 5.34pm, first published at 5.33pmAmina Saadoun spent Saturday on the road from Ceuta into Morocco, holding up a small photo of her 15-year-old brother to each returning migrant who sloped by.“Have you seen this boy? He’s my brother, I raised him like a son,” she asked. By Sunday, the death toll from the mass crossing into the Spanish enclave had risen to 72, according to Spanish authorities, leaving Moroccan families bereft or terrified that their children were among the dead.Financial TimesSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Morocco counts its dead and missing after mass swim to Ceuta
Questions swirl about whether the deadly crossing was triggered as a political ploy while many reckoned with what had left them and their children so vulnerable.
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