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Sergio Rodrigo Ruíz, Associated Press Sergio Rodrigo Ruíz, Associated Press Suman Naishadham, Associated Press Suman Naishadham, Associated Press Akram Oubachir, Associated Press Akram Oubachir, Associated Press CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain announced it was installing a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco after between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants breached the frontier earlier this week. WATCH: Tens of thousands of migrants enter Spanish territory, then return to Morocco The death toll climbed to 67, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater barrier, the Spanish government said Saturday. Spain's interior ministry says the majority of those who entered the territory have already returned to Morocco. Migrants head back to Morocco after crossing into Ceuta by sea amid mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain, on Aug.
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Migrants interviewed by The Associated Press said they spent their nights sleeping in the forests around Ceuta because they could not find shelter, and that they often fought over food.
