Spain estimates that about 69,500 migrants have returned to Morocco over the past four days, exceeding initial estimates of around 50,000 arrivals in Ceuta on Thursday.

Spain estimates that about 69,500 migrants have returned to Morocco over the past four days, exceeding initial estimates of around 50,000 arrivals in Ceuta on Thursday.

Morocco's Interior Ministry has released its first official death toll following last week's mass migrant crossings into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, reporting 11 fatalities, a figure that sharply contrasts with Spain's estimate of at least 72 deaths. According to Moroccan authorities, 10 of the victims drowned while another died after falling from a rocky area.

The girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory.

Life in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta is slowly getting back to normal, residents say, days after a sudden surge of some 60,000 migrants entered the tiny territory on the tip of North Africa. Most of the migrants have returned to Morocco and shops and cafes are starting to reopen.

What was the largest-ever migrant rush into Ceuta sparked an international crisis for Spain.

Morocco's interior ministry on Sunday issued its first toll for those who died trying to reach Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last week, saying 11 people had died. The figures are significantly lower than those issued by Spain, which says at least 72 people died.

Morocco on Sunday said 11 people died trying to reach Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta this week as the country's interior ministry blamed the sudden surge on the "spread of misleading information" on social…

Spanish officials have accused Morocco of helping fuel the recent mass border crossing into Ceuta, as scrutiny grows over the migrant crisis that overwhelmed the Spanish enclave.According to The...

France and Italy are boosting border controls after some 60,000 people crossed into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, sparking one of the largest migrant crises for the European Union in years.