Spain says almost all of the 60,000 migrants who entered its North Africa enclave of Ceuta from Morocco have returned to their country.
As of Friday, Spanish authorities said at least 48,000 migrants had returned to Morocco. By Saturday, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spain’s interior minister, said nearly all the migrants had left the enclave.
“The situation has been almost entirely reversed,” Grande-Marlaska said at a press conference.
AFP reported how it witnessed young migrants crossing back over the border to Morocco under the watch of Spanish soldiers and police on Saturday morning.
According to the news agency, those who lingered too long on the coastal path were immediately ushered back by the soldiers.
Many of the migrants had entered Ceuta by swimming around a small border barrier that extends into the Mediterranean Sea.
Grande-Marlaska said at least 67 people died while attempting the crossing,
