Ceuta asks Spain to declare emergency over Morocco migrants
- Officials in the Spanish territory of Ceuta on the northwestern tip of Africa on Thursday asked the government in Madrid to declare a national emergency and send the army to help secure its border with Morocco.
- The call came as video footage showed crowds of people trying to walk around the breakwaters separating Moroccan and Spanish territory or otherwise scale the border fence.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged an "immediate response.
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- Officials in the Spanish territory of Ceuta on the northwestern tip of Africa on Thursday asked the government in Madrid to declare a national emergency and send the army to help secure its border with Morocco.
- The call came as video footage showed crowds of people trying to walk around the breakwaters separating Moroccan and Spanish territory or otherwise scale the border fence.
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- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged an "immediate response.
Sources: DW