Spain: The Spanish government announced that the death toll in the crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, bordering Morocco, has risen to 67, including those who drowned and others who died while attempting to cross the border fences. The Spanish Ministers of the Interior and Health confirmed the deaths of at least 67 people in the latest wave of migrants arriving in Ceuta.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, Madrid announced it is installing a containment barrier along the breakwater fence that extends into the sea, after tens of thousands of migrants breached the borders of the small Spanish enclave this week. The North African enclave of Ceuta has witnessed an exceptional influx of migrants from Morocco, in one of the largest migration crises the region has faced.

Spanish and local authorities estimated the number of those who managed to enter Ceuta at around 50,000, while other estimates indicated that the number approached 60,000 at the peak of the crisis. By Friday, authorities announced that more than 48,000 people had returned to Morocco. The current crisis figures far exceed those witnessed in Ceuta and Melilla in 2021, when approximately 12,000 migrants entered the two Spanish enclaves in just a few days.