More than 25,000 migrants have returned to Morocco from Spain's Ceuta enclave after a recent surge of tens of thousands crossing the border, Spain's interior ministry said today, The Daily Star reports.
"Departures from Ceuta to Morocco on the morning of July 31, up to 1:00pm (1100 GMT): 25,000. Departures from Ceuta are taking place at a rate of 150 people per minute," the Interior Ministry wrote in a message sent to AFP.