70,000 People Flood In, Shocking the World... Fallout of the Conflict Intensifies

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The aftermath of the Ceuta crisis, where some 70,000 migrants flooded into Spanish territory at once and shocked the world, is intensifying. Amid continuing attempts at illegal entry from the air using paragliders, conflicts between European countries over illegal immigration control are also growing.

Reporting from Paris, here is correspondent Kwon Yeongin.

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A person can be seen paragliding over a building.

They attempted an illegal entry by air to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

However, local media reported that the person fell into the sea and died before crossing the border.

Ceuta authorities stated that about 100 people died during the process of some 72,000 people rushing from Morocco into Ceuta all at once late last month.

In particular, as shelter overcrowding leaves even minors sleeping on the streets and exposed to crime, sexual violence cases are also occurring.

Local media reported that five teenagers were confirmed to be receiving treatment at hospitals for sexual assault victimization.

Thousands of undocumented immigrants are still staying in Ceuta, and the Spanish government has announced a policy to dispersedly accommodate about 1,000 unaccompanied minors on the mainland.

On the 9th local time, thousands of Ceuta residents held a large-scale protest demanding fundamental countermeasures from Spain and the European Union.

[Samuel Levy / Rally Participant: This situation far exceeds our capacity. Ceuta cannot handle this situation alone, which affects Spain and the whole of Europe.]

The situation is spilling over into conflicts within Europe.

After the Italian government suspended the exemption from entry screening for Spanish nationals for a month and conducted border checks, Spain has also retaliated by inspecting Italian arrivals at the border since last weekend.

The European Union pointed out that false information claiming the Ceuta border was open spread rapidly through social media, causing tens of thousands of migrants to flock in all at once and creating the worst-case scenario, while urging SNS companies such as Meta and TikTok to come up with preventive measures.

(Video reporting: Kim Si-nae | Video editing: Lee Seung-yul | Video source: X (@israelVive1984))
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