Ceuta

NEW: Italy suspends Schengen free-travel with Spain after the Ceuta migrant crisis.

As of Friday afternoon, more than 37,500 migrants returned to Morocco from Ceuta, per Spain's Interior Ministry. - France 24

A Moroccan migrant filmed his swim toward the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Danish PM Frederiksen: The EU should consider suspending Spain from Schengen after some 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco.

Trump on the migrant surge into Ceuta, Spain: "That's going to be us in three years if the wrong side gets in. If the Democrats get in, you will not live a very good life."

- Fox News

Spain's PM Sanchez blamed mafias for the illegal migrant surge into Ceuta, pledging more troops, police, and border officers. He said he would do "all that was necessary."

Around 60,000 migrants have entered Ceuta, the Spanish exclave's president estimates. The figure equals roughly three-quarters of the North African territory's population.

- AP

Sánchez on Ceuta Invasion:

“The Spanish government stands with the city of Ceuta. We are taking responsibility for the emotional state and the distress that people are experiencing in recent hours.”

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The German chancellor: Morocco must take back illegal migrants from Spain's Ceuta immediately.

EU’s von der Leyen:

The images coming from Ceuta are unacceptable.

We cannot allow anyone to come to our Union without abiding by our rules.

Dangerous crossings must stop immediately. Smuggling networks must be dismantled. And returns must be swift, as our rules allow.

Trucks are seen carrying Moroccan migrants toward the Spanish border at Ceuta, said to be among hundreds.

Unconfirmed reports claim Rabat is financing the migration.

About 49,000 migrants crossed into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco in the last 24 hours, officials estimate. - BBC

Footage from yesterday's migration surge toward Ceuta shows truck unloading young men near the Spanish border, with Morocco's Royal Gendarmerie standing by.

At least 3,500 migrants have crossed into Spain’s Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours, according to local police. A government official told the New York Times the working estimate is in the tens of thousands.

The Spanish Army is moving toward the Ceuta border with Morocco.

Thousands of migrants continue crossing from Morocco into Spain's Ceuta enclave. Local officials are urging Madrid to declare a national emergency.

Thousands of illegal migrants from Africa are storming the border of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave bordering Morocco.