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<\/p>\nHundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by land and sea were arrested by Moroccan security forces on Sunday, Moroccan state media reported.<\/p>\n
Medi 1 TV said 294 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were arrested on Saturday while attempting to enter Ceuta.<\/p>\n
Authorities also arrested 61 Moroccans accused of facilitating the migration attempts, the broadcaster reported.<\/p>\n
The attempted crossings followed a surge in social media posts calling on migrants to make their way to Ceuta, a Spanish city on Morocco’s northern coast.<\/p>\n
In response, Moroccan and Spanish authorities beefed up security presence and limited movement toward the area.<\/p>\n
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Moroccan security forces stand guard as migrants attempt to enter Ceuta. Credit: AP<\/p>\n
The latest attempt comes two weeks after tens of thousands of would-be migrants, driven by poverty and misinformation, rushed toward Ceuta in one of the deadliest migration crises to hit the region.<\/p>\n
At least 90 people died on both sides of the border, according to official numbers, while human rights groups reported higher figures.<\/p>\n
A senior Moroccan diplomat previously told the Associated Press that more than 20,000 Moroccan security personnel are deployed along the border with Ceuta each day, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n
Thousands of migrants from across Africa and beyond travel to Morocco each year, fleeing conflict, poverty and instability and seeking a route into Europe.<\/p>\n
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