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‘I want to go back to Europe,’ says migrant deported from Ceuta

Reuters

6 August 2026


A Moroccan migrant in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta said he hopes to return to Europe after being deported from Belgium, following a record surge of migrants crossing from Morocco. Spanish authorities said around 50,000 people entered Ceuta in recent days, with most swiftly returned, as the crossing left dozens dead in one of the deadliest migration crises at the EU's southern border.

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