An unprecedented migration crisis unfolded in Ceuta last Wednesday and escalated dramatically on Thursday, when tens of thousands of people entered the Spanish enclave illegally.
In the end, between 60,000 to more than 70,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Cueta, marking the territory's largest migration crisis. Footage showed thousands of people swimming, navigating around breakwaters or climbing down steep areas in the autonomous city.
The influx prompted Spain to deploy its military and police to contain the situation. Most of those who had entered the North African enclave returned to Morocco within hours, largely due to a lack of accommodation and basic supplies.
Most of the new arrivals were young men, but the footage also showed women with children and entire families, on a journey fraught with the risk of drowning and exhaustion.
At least 88 people died, Spanish officials said on Monday, though Moroccan officials later presented a lower estimate.
