Ceuta leader says 100 migrants died in border rush

Ceuta's leader Juan Jesus Vivas spoke at the European Parliament on Thursday, where he told EU lawmakers that some 100 people had died during last week's border surge. He also said the city was still reeling from the event and now dealing with leftover unaccompanied migrant minors.

Vivas' visit to Brussels comes a week after some 72,000 migrants rushed through the border between Morocco and Spain's North African territory of Ceuta. The incident caused a spat between several EU countries and Spain, with Italy suspending the Schengen free-travel pact with Spain.

On Wednesday, Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras said some 141 people had died on July 30, with 63 bodies found in Morocco and 78 in Ceuta.

Vivas said the large number of unaccompanied migrant children is 'unsustainable' for Ceuta aloneImage: Javier Fernández/Europa Press/IMAGO

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