Arrival of 6,000 migrants in Ceuta "It's unheard of, such an influx at once"
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Thousands of Moroccan migrants arrived in Ceuta on Monday (May 17th) Antonio Sempere AFP
By: Florent Guignard
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Nearly 6,000 migrants, mainly Moroccans, arrived Monday, May 17, in the enclave of Ceuta: the only land border with Melilla between Europe and Africa.
Spain is facing an unprecedented migratory crisis against the backdrop of a diplomatic crisis.
Hispano-Moroccan relations are strained, since Spain received, for treatment, the leader of the separatists of the Polisario Front, rekindling a 45-year-old conflict in Western Sahara.
Analysis by François Gemenne, professor at Sciences Po and the University of Liège, specialist in migration flows.
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On a tous un ami noir.
To put an end to the sterile controversies on migration
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