Italy ordered the reintroduction of border checks at its ports and airports with Spain on Friday, and France announced it would increase fivefold the officers deployed at its land border from Saturday, after tens of thousands of people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta irregularly from Morocco.

Officials estimate that more than 49,000 people crossed between Morocco and Ceuta in a 24-hour period.

Spain has deported approximately 37,500 of the estimated 60,000 migrants who entered its North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco since early Friday, as the government moved…