Hundreds of people were converging on Morocco's northern town of Fnideq on Thursday evening, following rumours that the border with Spain's Ceuta had opened, according to an AFP journalist. Hundreds of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco earlier on Thursday, joining the 1,500 who had done so in recent days – creating a "humanitarian emergency" that left one person dead, according to city authorities. Migration from Morocco into Spain's two north African territories, Ceuta and Melilla, has long been a politically sensitive issue between the two countries. "Moroccan security forces are preventing the arrival of numerous people who are trying to reach Ceuta from Morocco." Spain's Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that ⁠migrants intercepted at sea ​while attempting to reach Ceuta or Melilla cannot be summarily returned under the enclaves' special border-rejection regime.