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Spain and Morocco give conflicting accounts of number of deaths in Ceuta rush
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TheJournal.ie
SPAIN AND MOROCCO have given conflicting figures for the number of people who died in the recent wave of migration into Spain’s Ceuta exclave from Morocco.
Spanish officials have said at least 72 people died during the rush, but Moroccan officials later presented a much lower estimate of only 11.
Later, Morocco’s interior ministry issued its own toll, saying 11 people had died trying to reach Ceuta.
Only small groups of migrants were still walking around after most who crossed the small border barrier returned voluntarily to Morocco in 48 hours.
What was the largest-ever migrant rush into Ceuta sparked an international crisis for Spain, as some of its European partners criticised Madrid for its immigration policies.