Death toll from Ceuta migrant rush rises

The death toll from a mass rush of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta reached at least 72 Sunday, as five more bodies were found along the North African coast, officials said. The number of ‌fatalities was considerably higher than what was announced by Moroccan authorities Sunday. More than 50,000 people crossed into Ceuta by land and sea in an unprecedented surge that began Thursday at one of the European Union's only two land borders with Africa, prompting alarm across the

By The Korea Herald

Death toll from migrant rush into Spanish enclave in North Africa rises to 72

More than 50,000 people crossed into ‌Ceuta by ‌land and sea, driven to migrate by economic hardship and encouraged by social media rumors.