Spain, Morocco race to contain migrant crisis

Spain and Morocco are reinforcing the border around Ceuta after around 50,000 migrants are believed to have entered the Spanish enclave by sea and land in a single day

Jul 30: Around 50,000 people enter Ceuta, Spanish interior ministry says. At least 34 people die while trying to reach enclave

Ceuta

Melilla: Some 300 to 400 people also crossed into Spain’s second enclave

3,000 troops available to assist,
Spanish government says

Tarajal border post
Benzú border post
Border fence (8km)
Peninsula of Almina

CEUTA (SPAIN)
Pop: 83,600

MOROCCO
Mediterranean Sea
Port
SPAIN
SPAIN
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
ATLANTIC OCEAN
MOROCCO
Strait of Gibraltar
Gibraltar (UK)
Mediterranean Sea
Málaga
Tangier

500km
310 miles
30 miles
50km
0.6 miles
1km

Sources: El País, Reuters
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