Spain Installs Floating Barrier in Ceuta After Influx of Migrants

Migrant Surge Into Spanish Territory Most of those who came to the territory, a Spanish exclave in Africa, have returned across the border to Morocco. At least 67 people died trying to enter, the authorities said. By Carlos Barragán and Lynsey Chutel Carlos Barragán reported from Ceuta, Spain. The Spanish authorities said on Saturday that they were installing a floating barrier near a sea wall between Morocco and the autonomous city of Ceuta, after a surge of tens of thousands of migrants into the territory two days earlier raised questions across Europe about Spain’s ability to control its borders. The announcement, from Spain’s Interior Ministry, came as a vast majority of those migrants appeared to have left Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa.

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