A thousand migrants have made their way to Spanish Ceuta

According to a spokesman for the Spanish government delegation, the people have swum and sometimes waded across the water.

- It was low tide and in some places it was almost possible to walk, says the spokesperson who notes that the large number of arriving migrants on Monday is a "record" for one day.

The EU's only land border with Africa

On the last weekend in April, about a hundred migrants went to Ceuta by swimming in groups of 20-30 people.

Most were deported to Morocco.

The Spanish exclaves Ceuta and Melilla form the EU's only land border with Africa. This means that many migrants try to get there in the hope of a better future in Europe. Of those who do not swim or wade, some try to climb over the fences that have been erected along the border with Morocco.