'We demand solidarity,' Spain says ahead of EU video call to discuss response to uncontrolled crossings

Euronews reports that Spain is pressing EU partners for solidarity ahead of a video call on the bloc's response to a wave of uncontrolled crossings into Ceuta. Spanish officials say at least eighty-eight people died in the recent mass influx of migrants from Morocco, though Moroccan officials have since given a lower death toll estimate. Ceuta is a Spanish enclave on Africa's northern coast bordering Morocco, and has long been a flashpoint for crossing attempts.

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