RABAT: A Moroccan rights group on Saturday called for an independent inquiry to be launched into the causes of the influx of tens of thousands of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta this week. As many as 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta in recent days, mostly swimming around the small border post that juts into the Mediterranean Sea, in an unprecedented surge that prompted an international crisis for Spain. The mass crossing into the tiny Spanish territory resulted in at least 67 deaths, according to Spanish authorities, and led to clashes with Moroccan police on the shared border.

CEUTA, Spain: Hundreds of migrants have entered the Spanish north African exclave of Ceuta by sea in recent days, officials said Thursday, with local television images showing…

Thousands of migrants have entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco, with at least 57 dying in the attempt, prompting local officials to seek help from Spain's national…