The dramatic events were “a violation of Spain’s territorial integrity,” Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Friday on a hurried visit to Ceuta.

Ceuta migration influx has resulted in tens of thousands of migrants who originally travelled into the Spanish territory to return to North Africa; Spain to put up containment fence.

Spain and Morocco reinforced the border fence of a Spanish enclave after around 49,000 people arrived by sea in one day. Dozens of bodies have been recovered, Spanish authorities said.

The pro-immigration leader is facing backlash at home and abroad after roughly 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave.

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When he heard that the border was breached, Abdulah Buji jumped on his motorbike and rode as fast as he could to join the tens of thousands of other Moroccans who swam en masse to reach Spanish territory.

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Morocco may have helped facilitate a surge of around 60,000 migrants from the country into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, according to intelligence experts. At least 57 migrants died in the journey via land or sea to the tiny Spanish territory in North Africa on Thursday.