WorldPingIn the Moroccan town of Fnideq, parents are gathering along the border fence, waiting for news of their children. On July 30 and 31, over 60,000 migrants crossed the border to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
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WorldPingJennie Shin is pleased to welcome Antoni Vives, policy analyst and the former Deputy Mayor of Barcelona.
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WorldPingThe highway enters Western Sahara, a disputed territory that Morocco claims sovereignty over.
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WorldPingMost of the estimated 60,000 people who rushed into Ceuta have returned to Morocco since the territory's largest mass migrant crossing. Spanish authorities reported at least 72 deaths on August 2.
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WorldPingWith one of the worst wildfires in French history gradually being brought under control in southwestern Gironde region, life is slowly returning.
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WorldPingFour days after tens of thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into the small Spanish territory of Ceuta, the death toll continues to rise -- nearing 100.
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WorldPingThe death toll from a mass rush of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week reached at least 72 on Sunday, as five more bodies were found along the North African coast, officials said. Moroccan authorities meanwhile report 11 deaths.
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