The return to Morocco of migrants who entered en masse on July 30 in Ceuta continues in the largest migratory crisis recorded so far in the autonomous city. According to sources from the Spanish security forces cited by the Efe agency, about 73,500 people have now left Ceuta to return across the border, while the death toll in the attempt to swim to the exclave has risen to 72. However, the Ministry of the Interior does not confirm these figures, keeping the number of migrants who entered Ceuta between 50,000 and 60,000, of whom over 48,300 would have already returned.
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According to the Ceuta government, the provisional death toll recovered in Spanish waters of the exclave stands at 67. At least another 17 bodies have reportedly been found on the Moroccan coast side, according to local media. Meanwhile, at least 1,149 injured migrants who entered the enclave have received medical treatment. Among them, one person is in serious condition and will be transferred to a hospital on the Iberian Peninsula, according to the National Institute of Health Management (Ingesa) in a statement. The institute states that medical assistance continues to be provided “normally” within the special device activated in coordination with the Ceuta Government Delegation, to cope with the increase in emergencies for people who entered en masse from Morocco.
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