The Spanish government has said almost all of the migrants have since returned to Morocco, and at least 57 have died. The Ceuta border crossing undermines one of Spain’s more flattering ideas about itself. Images, words, opinionsWe can watch opinions change in real time by seeing what happens to the words people use. They can lose every argument about the real numbers and still come out ahead, because their aim is to make the story of a welcoming Spain look foolish. The leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party went further, immediately branding the arrivals an “invasion” of military-age men.