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Spain Installs Containment Fence on Ceuta Border After Migrant Crisis
Spain installed a containment fence on the border of Ceuta with Morocco following a surge of migrants that resulted in 67 deaths. Over 60,000 migrants breached the frontier on July 30 and July 31, 2026. Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska declared Spain would be 'relentless against those who break the law.'
Spain announced the installation of a containment fence on the border of Ceuta with Morocco after a massive influx of migrants. The crisis led to 67 deaths, with over 60,000 migrants crossing the frontier on July 30 and July 31, 2026. The Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, stated, 'We are relentless against those who break the law.'
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IndependentThe HinduAug 8, 04:05 PM
Spain to put containment fence on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67“We are relentless against those who break the law,” Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told journalists in Ceuta
IndependentThe HinduAug 8, 03:25 PM
Spain-Morocco border crisis: Death toll in Ceuta reaches 67Spain announced it was installing a barrier along the breakwater fence into the sea after some 60,000 migrants breached the tiny Spanish territory’s frontier on July 30 and July 31, 2026