Ceuta: Record number of migrants reach Spanish enclave
Thousands of migrants, many of them minors, have swum or sailed across the EU's land border with Africa. Some believe Morocco deliberately hobbled its border control measures.
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Migrants swim from Morocco to Spanish territory
Spanish authorities say around 100 migrants have reached the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by swimming from neighboring Morocco. They were detained upon arrival.
Sent back: 56 migrants were refused entry to Cyprus at the weekend
A boat with 56 migrants on board was spotted off the coast of Cyprus on Sunday. The Cypriot authorities checked the documents of people on board at sea and then asked the group to return to Lebanon from where they had set off.
More than 300 people rescued in Mediterranean
The German ship Sea-Eye 4 has rescued about 330 migrants within the past few days. The latest operation overnight brought 99 people on board: most were reportedly from Syria.
Migrant arrivals in northeast Italy up by 20% this year
Authorities in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy along the border with Slovenia report that from January 1 to May 10, the territory had seen a 20% increase in migrants entering compared with the same period of 20201