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Migrants swim from Morocco to Ceuta as officials say enclave ‘overwhelmed’

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A child trying to reach Ceuta is escorted out of the sea by Moroccan police last month. The enclave said it now had 528 foreign children but should only hold 27. Photograph: Europa/Getty

About 100 people, including several children, risked their lives by trying to swim from Morocco into Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta early on Saturday morning, as the territory’s authorities warned that its overwhelmed reception system was close to collapse. Read More

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