Ceuta calms after migrant surge as 72 die and Europe border row flares
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Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in North Africa, appeared calmer over the weekend after tens of thousands of migrants entered the territory in a sudden border surge earlier this week. While most of them had returned to Morocco by Sunday, Spanish civil guard vessels were still searching nearby waters for bodies, as the crisis continued to weigh on the city and revive a wider debate on immigration in Europe. At least 72 migrants died, Spanish authorities said on Sunday. Some drowned, while others were killed in a stampede as people tried to cross a breakwater barrier. Shops in Ceuta reopened and residents and tourists were back at open-air terraces, restaurants and cafes, but the city was still dealing with the fallout from the arrivals and the arguments over what led to them. Most of the 50,000 to 60,000 migrants who arrived on Thursday and Friday, mainly young men, had walked back to Morocco by Sunday, while others tried to stay on by blending in. Some migrants who returned to Morocco said the border was effectively open and that authorities did little as they watched thousands cross. "If you open the border, of course everyone comes in, but the young men aren't to blame. Over the weekend, far-right and anti-immigrant politicians and right-wing influencers arrived in Ceuta, prompting counter-protests that included members of the city's large Muslim community, many of Moroccan origin. As Ceuta reopened and life began to return to its routines, the city was still confronting the deaths, the sharp political reaction and the strain the border surge placed on its social fabric.
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