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Morocco's Interior Ministry has attributed a mass migrant crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta to social media misinformation and human trafficking operations, as competing casualty figures emerge.
France is intensifying border controls with Spain in response to a migration influx into the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta. President Emmanuel Macron has directed interior authorities to strengthen checks, with 334 police and gendarmes being mobilised alongside aerial surveillance.
Spain's foreign minister announced Friday that nearly all migrants who entered the North African enclave of Ceuta have returned to Morocco, dismissing reports of border breaches and reaffirming Schengen security protocols.