Spain has deployed troops and additional police to Ceuta after thousands of illegal migrants crossed into the North African enclave from Morocco, overwhelming local reception facilities and prompting authorities to declare a humanitarian and social emergency. Many of those entering Ceuta reached the territory by swimming or wading around the Tarajal border breakwater, while others reportedly climbed the border fence.

Thousands of migrants streamed across from Morocco into the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta on Thursday.

The president of Spain's north African exclave Ceuta on Thursday warned of a "total humanitarian and social emergency" after hundreds of migrants entered the territory by swimming…

Hundreds of migrants flood into Spain's Ceuta exclave from Morocco