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Spain says migrants are returning from Ceuta after 57 die in border rush
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AKIpress News Agency
Spain says migrants are returning from Ceuta after 57 die in border rushAKIPRESS.COM - Spain said on Friday it had reversed a huge rush of migrants into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, with most of the more than 50,000 people who had crossed the border by land and sea already heading back voluntarily, Reuters reported.
The Spanish government's representative in Ceuta said 57 bodies had been recovered on the Spanish side of the border and that there could be additional casualties on the Moroccan side.
The rush on the border caused division in Europe, where leaders of fellow EU states called for Spain to ensure that the incident was contained.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez travelled to Ceuta on Friday, where he was greeted with insults from protesters.
Meanwhile, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said police presence on the Spanish border would be quintupled by Saturday, while reinforcing aerial surveillance and patrols on trains.