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Misc 18/05/2021
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Thousands of people enter Ceuta fleeing poverty

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Thousands of people have accessed in Ceuta during this hours through the maritime border breakwaters of Tarajal and Benzú
Thousands of people have entered Ceuta through the maritime border breakwaters of Tarajal and Benzú. Antonio Sempere / Europa Press
The number
1 de 16 Jon Nazca/ Reuters
The number

Spanish government mobilises army in Ceuta after over 6,000 migrants swam in
On the edge
2 de 16 Reduan/ EFE
On the edge

Members of the army help a migrant who managed to cross one of Ceuta's border breakwaters on Tuesday in an unprecedented flood of immigrants
Waiting to cross
3 de 16 Fadel Senna/ AFP
Waiting to cross

Hundreds of migrants gather at the fence to try to cross into Spanish territory.
Youths
4 de 16 Mohamed Siali / EFE
Youths

A group of people, mostly young, waiting for the moment to cross the border, by land or water, this Monday in the town of Fnideq, in Morocco.
The Spanish army is deployed
5 de 16 Reduan / EFE
The Spanish army is deployed

The National Police and the army guard a group of immigrants after an unprecedented arrival in Ceuta on Tuesday.
Life or death
6 de 16 Antonio Sempere/ Europa Press
Life or death

The Guardia Civil rescues a girl next to Benzú beach.
The sea
7 de 16 Fadel Senna / AFP
The sea

A group of people trying to take advantage of the shallow waters off the coast of the northern town of Fnideq to cross the border from Morocco to the North African enclave of Ceuta.
Army
8 de 16 Reduan/ EFE
Army

Members of the army observe a group of immigrants who have swum to the Ceuta border breakwaters on Tuesday.
The Tarajal
9 de 16 Antonio Sempere / Europa Press
The Tarajal

Migrants walking along the beach of Tarajal.
Guarded
10 de 16 Antonio Sempre/ AFP
Guarded

Spanish soldiers guard a group of migrants who arrived in Ceuta.
Returned
11 de 16 Mohamed Siali/ EFE
Returned

A group of people are returned to Morocco by the Spanish authorities at the border between Ceuta and Fnideq.
Poverty
12 de 16 Fadel Senna / AFP
Poverty

A group of Moroccan migrants climbing a rocky cliff to cross the border from Morocco to the North African enclave of Ceuta.
Families
13 de 16 Mohamed Siali/ EFE
Families

A father and daughter returned to Morocco.
On the breakwater
14 de 16 Fadel Senna/ Reuters
On the breakwater

Hundreds of people at the breakwater that separates Ceuta from Fnideq.
Thousands of children
15 de 16 Reduan/ EFE
Thousands of children

Members of the army help two children at one of Ceuta's border breakwaters on Tuesday in an unprecedented flood of migrants.
Border
16 de 16 Jon Nazca/ Reuters
Border

Hundreds of people swim around the Spanish-Moroccan border fence in Ceuta.
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