Thousands of migrants stormed the border into the small Spanish territory of Cueta from Morocco, leading authorities to order the military to restore order.
Videos on social media show the migrants streaming across the border in the territory located in the northernmost tip of Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain.
‘It’s not possible to give precise numbers, but there are thousands of migrants crossing.’
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Rachid Sbihi, a representative of Cueta border officers, told the Associated Press that the border had “totally collapsed” under the onslaught.
“The situation is absolute chaos,” he added. “It’s not possible to give precise numbers, but there are thousands of migrants crossing.”
The government indicated that nine bodies of people who died trying to make the crossing were recovered. Local authorities said that
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