Over 6,000 migrants returned to Morocco by Spain

In the last few days, around 8,000 people arrived in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa. Most of them arrived in the enclave by scaling a border fence or swimming around it and hope to make their way from there all the way to Europe. Every year, hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers attempt to cross the Mediterranean and reach Europe, however their journey encompasses many hurdles and remains dangerous until the end. Amongst the 8,000 that crossed the border, around 450 of them are unaccompanied minors, rendering the reunification or repatriation complicated. Spanish authorities were overwhelmed as they received thousands of calls from worried relatives regarding the minors in Ceuta. Whilst Morocco has already taken back more than 6,600 migrants who made it to Ceuta, the rest is still being processed by authorities.