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Ceuta: Spain sends troops as 8,000 migrants enter enclave


Spain has deployed troops after record numbers of migrants entered its north African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco.


Some 8,000 people have reached Ceuta in two days, Spanish officials say.


They say the migrants - who include about 1,500 minors - either swam around the border fences that jut out into the sea or walked across at low tide.


Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez has vowed to restore order. Spain says around half of the migrants have been sent back to Morocco.


By Tuesday evening, footage of the beach showed that nearly all migrants had been cleared.


Mr Sánchez travelled to Ceuta and Melilla to deal with the crisis, which exacerbated diplomatic tensions with Morocco.

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