60,000 migrants arrive in Spanish territory in 24 hours
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Tutustu tarjouksiin myymälässä tai osoitteessa k-ruoka.fi. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 15 hours GMT on Friday the 31st of July, these are our main stories. Spain's Prime Minister and the European Commission have condemned the influx of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. A senior advisor to FIFA's boss quits over plans to sell private stakes in the World Cup amid widespread condemnation of the proposal. Hamas says it's accepted a peace deal for Gaza which would see it lay down its arms on condition Israel withdraws from the territory. Also in this podcast... We had an unfortunate incident at Broad Peak.
Some of the climbers have been thrown 500 feet, some 1,000 feet, some 1,500 feet down.
Rescuers have recovered bodies near the site of an avalanche on the world's 12th highest summit. We begin in the Spanish territory of Ceuta at the northern tip of Africa, which has been overwhelmed by an influx of around 60,000 migrants entering from Morocco.
What happened as around 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco?
The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, who's travelled there, described the arrival of so many people as an attack on Spain and blamed human traffickers. Ceuta is a Spanish city, and the scenes we saw yesterday I condemn in the most energetic way. I reject them, I condemn them, I condemn them as deplorable. They were a violation of the territorial integrity of a Spanish city. the Spanish city of Ceuta. Officials say at least 40 people died trying to swim around the border. Those attempting the journey said they felt they had little to lose.
I was in Tangier where I was working.
I woke up that morning and heard several young people, boys and girls, saying that Suta had opened at 10pm. So I told the people who were with me that we should go to find work. We're already working here under terrible conditions and our rights are not being respected.
This morning I heard the news and I came here, but I saw hell.
We walked 14 kilometres through the mountains, but we told ourselves it didn't matter as long as the border was open. Once we got here, we were told to take the road to the sea. Then I found myself completely submerged in water. I was choking. That's when I backed away. I remember that I had two children and I couldn't risk my life.
I got more on the situation from our Europe correspondent, Sarah Rainsford. It is quite a significant moment, let's say, in terms of migration policy and migration activity around that border. It is a route that migrants have used previously quite a lot, but the numbers have been always much, much lower, apart from in 2021 when there was a similar situation, but numbers again then much lower. So this does look extraordinarily high. And
It seems to be a large number of mainly young men, many of them Moroccan, who have taken this chance to try to cross into EU territory. They've taken quite some risk.
Some people are managing to walk around the border fence, but many people are having to to swim the distance and in some cases quite a long distance. And as you mentioned, several people drowned trying to make that crossing from Morocco to Ceuta. So extraordinary scenes and the beach there on the Spanish exclave covered in inflatables, rubber rings. floats, flippers, the things that people have used to try to make that crossing as safely as they possibly can. But it does seem to have been a rush to the border like no one has ever seen before. And there are big questions about what exactly prompted it. And also, I think, serious questions about how the Moroccan authorities have been acting and responding in this situation, how active they were in trying to prevent people making the crossing.
But certainly there appears to be still large numbers of people arriving on the Moroccan coasts. Hearing that the border is open, which it isn't of course, but hearing that it is possible to get across and attempting to do that.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:15
2
What happened as around 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco?
2:15–13:29
3
How did Spain’s prime minister and EU leaders react to the Ceuta influx?
13:29–17:07
4
Who were the migrants and why did they risk the sea crossing to Ceuta?
17:07–21:57
5
What explanations are being offered for why the Ceuta surge occurred now?
21:57–32:04
6
What is the fallout in Europe and debate over migration policy after Ceuta?
32:04–37:09
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