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Migrants in Ceuta cannot move to other countries, EU says
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The European Commission said on Friday that no irregular migrants have moved from Ceuta to the European mainland.
"There are no onward movements today towards the European continent," an EU official said, claiming that migrants will not be able to freely move through Europe, as someleading right-of-centre figures across Europe are suggesting.
Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAround 60,000 migrants, mostly Moroccans, stormed the Spanish enclave in Africa on Thursday in the largest surge of irregular arrivals ever recorded on EU territory.
Although Ceuta is Spanish territory, it is subject to special rules governing free movement.
According to the Spanish authorities, nearly half of the people who entered Ceuta on Thursday have already voluntarily returned to Morocco.