MADRID: Spain has not seen any evidence to conclude that July’s deadly border surge from Morocco into its enclave of Ceuta was orchestrated or carried out by Moroccan authorities, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told lawmakers on Thursday.
During the border surge an estimated 60,000 people had reached Ceuta in just a few days, the largest migration surge between Morocco and Spain in years.
More than 80 migrants died on both sides of the border, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede, authorities said.
Spain was forced to deploy military units to reinforce police in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa as migrants surged by sea and land from Morocco into the territory, and authorities sought to close off another Spanish enclave nearby.