The Brief About 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco over the last few weeks The massive influx of migrants comes after Spain launched an "extraordinary regularization" program earlier this year. Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas formally requested that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declare a national emergency to help respond to the border crisis, but Spanish media outlets reported the request was denied. A national emergency has been declared in Ceuta, a Spanish territory on the tip of Africa, after some 60,000 migrants from Morocco crossed the border over the past several weeks. Dig deeper:On Thursday, Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas formally requested that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declare a national emergency to help respond to the border crisis, Spanish media outlets reported. That peak has seen about 60,000 migrants cross the border in the past 10 days.