A supreme-court decision helped cause the Ceuta disaster.

Officials estimated that 20,000 migrants were able to bypass a long border fence between Morocco and the Spanish territory of Ceuta on Thursday.

Word that the border gate had opened drew crowds, days after a Supreme Court ruling weakened Spainish authorities' power to summarily return sea migrants

Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta has been thrust into the centre of Europe's migration debate after an unprecedented surge saw tens of thousands of people cross from…

At least 41 people died during the crossing, according to local reports