Spain sends troops to Ceuta
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Spain has deployed troops to Ceuta to patrol the border with Morocco after around 8,000 migrants, many from Sub-Saharan Africa, jumped fences or swam into the north African enclave
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SPAIN
Ceuta
MOROCCO
Spanish enclave
Melilla
500km 310 miles
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Above: Migrants waiting to cross into Ceuta as Spanish soldiers guard border fence, May 18

200 troops, plus 200 extra police to assist Ceuta’s normal 1,100-strong border force

May 17-18: Migrants enter Ceuta at Tarajal and Benzú by swimming or walking around border fence at low tide from beaches in Morocco

CEUTA (SPAIN)
Border fence (8.2km)
Benzú
Peninsula of Almina
Port
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
MOROCCO
Tarajal

1km 0.6 miles
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Picture: Associated Press  Sources: BBC, Reuters
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