About 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday and Friday. Ceuta is a Spanish city in North Africa. Many people swam around the border fence or walked over rocks. At least 57 people died. Spain sent soldiers to Ceuta and Melilla, another Spanish city nearby. About 300 to 400 people also entered Melilla.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said criminal gangs gave people false information about a new court decision. The court said Spain cannot quickly send back migrants whom it stops at sea. Sánchez said the gangs used this news to bring many people to the border. Most migrants were young men, but there were also women, babies, and about 7,000 children. By Friday evening, more than 48,000 people had gone back to Morocco.

Ceuta has about 83,600 people, so the sudden arrival was very difficult for the city. Spain may add more guards and stronger controls at the border. Morocco is helping people return. Italy stopped free travel rules with Spain for a short time, so people on flights may face more checks. Other European leaders asked Spain to control its border and asked Morocco to take migrants back.