Thousands of migrants have stormed Spanish territory with dramatic videos showing large crowds overwhelming border guards in the enclave of Ceuta in northern Africa.
Extraordinary footage shows huge numbers of migrants sprinting up beaches, swimming ashore and dispersing into the streets of the tiny Spanish territory which borders Morocco, with some shouting ‘Long live Spain‘.
The president of the territory, Juan Jesus Vivas, has declared a ‘total humanitarian and social emergency’, with at least 60 migrants washing up dead and camps completely overwhelmed.
It comes after Spain’s socialist government approved plans to give around 500,000 undocumented migrants legal status earlier this year.
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