
Migrants returning back to Morocco. Last week, between 50,000 and 60,000 people entered Ceuta, a small Spanish exclave in North Africa that shares a border with Morocco.

Migrants returning back to Morocco. Last week, between 50,000 and 60,000 people entered Ceuta, a small Spanish exclave in North Africa that shares a border with Morocco.

Spanish police officers and soldiers escorting migrants to the border, after mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco, in Ceuta, Spain, on Saturday.

Migrants near the Spain-Morocco border on Friday. Tens of thousands of people illegally entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta this week, though by Fridayβs end most had returned.

A Spanish soldier keeping watch on Friday at the Spanish-Moroccan border.

Migrants sat on a rocky stretch of beach in North Africa on Friday after swimming across the Moroccan border to enter the Spanish territory of Ceuta.