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Ceuta on edge and trying to recover after deadly mass migrant crossings

Calm is slowly returning to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta after around 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco in just days. Spanish officials say most have now returned, but thousands remain, hoping to find work as residents continue to voice concerns over illegal migration.

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00:01Calm is slowly returning to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, after around 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco in
00:09just days.
00:10Spanish officials say most have now returned, but thousands remain, hoping to find work as residents continue to voice concerns
00:18over illegal migration.
00:25We want to go to mainland Spain to work. It's hard to find jobs in Morocco, so we hope to
00:31find work in Spain. Swimming here was very difficult. At one point, I thought I was going to drown. Some
00:38people just disappeared while trying to swim across.
00:47Last week's irregular entry of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco to Ceuta left 77 people dead in the
00:54Spanish North African territory.
00:56Spain has responded by deploying a 500-metre floating barrier between Ceuta and Morocco, creating a new sea border designed
01:06to help security forces deter illegal crossings and regain control of the frontier.
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