🇲🇦 🇪🇸 | Thousands have swum into Ceuta, the Spanish-controlled enclave on Morocco's northern coast. At least 60 people died, drowned or crushed against the breakwaters, according to provisional figures. Headlines described an invasion of Spain. But Ceuta sits on African soil. Portugal seized the city in 1415, Spain retained it, and when Morocco gained independence in 1956, Ceuta remained under Spanish rule. Those who made it did not land in Europe. They face eight kilometres of ten-metre fences, watchtowers and underground sensors. The reception camp behind the fences was built for 500 people; its facilities for minors stand at 2,400% capacity. The only route to mainland Spain is a ferry with passport checks. Spain deployed the army on 30 July. On the Moroccan side, security forces hold the line, backed by more than €1 billion in EU and Spanish funding.