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Sixty thousand migrants cross the Morocco–Spain border at Ceuta, leading to at least sixty-seven deaths. · Spoken News

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to spoken News. I'm a computer. Sixty thousand migrants
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  crossed the Morocco Spain border at Chiota, leading to at
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  least sixty seven debts. In late July twenty twenty six,
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  an estimated sixty thousand people, predominantly young men, crossed the
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  border from Morocco into the Spanish autonomous city of Siuta,
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  located in North Africa, with smaller numbers attempting to cross
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  into Malilla, overwhelming local reception facilities and prompting the government
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  of Siouta to request that the Spanish government declare a
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  national emergency. Most entered by swimming around the Tarahal and
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  Benzu breakwaters or by crossing on foot along the shoreline.
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  By the thirty first of July, Spanish officials said about
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  fifty thousand people had voluntarily returned to Morocco. By the
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  first of August, at least sixty seven were reported to
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  have died as a result of the incident, mostly associated
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  with attempts to cross by sea. The Morocco Spain border
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  consists of three non contiguously totaling eighteen point five kilometers
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  around the Spanish territories of Ceuta, Pagnon de Veles Dee,
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  La Gomera, and Melia. Spanish islets such as the Chafarinas
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  or the Alhusemas are located off the Moroccan coast. Seyuta
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  is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast,
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  bordered by Morocco. It lies along the boundary between the
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  Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Seota is one of
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  the special territories of members of the European Economic Area.
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  It is not a participant in the eu F Tishingan Agreement.
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  Phoenicians founded a settlement in the La Almina Peninsula, which
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  had continuity under Roman and Byzantine rule. It was annexed
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  to the Early Caliphates upon the Islamic conquests of the Maghreb,
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  only to be destroyed during the Berber Revolt. It was
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  rebuilt in the ninth century by maj Casa Gomaras. For
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  much of the Middle Ages, regional powers north and south
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  of the Strait of Gibraltar vied for control over Seyoula,
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  which was a key contested port in the so called
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  Battle of the Strait in fourteen fifteen. It was annexed
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  to the Kingdom of Portugal. After fifteen eighty it was
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  annexed by the Hispanic Monarchy, with the city choosing to
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  stay Spanish after sixteen forty Ceota belonged to the Spanish
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  Province of Cadiz as a regular municipality prior to the
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  passage of its Statute of Autonomy in March nineteen ninety five,
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  as provided by the Spanish Constitution, thenceforth becoming an autonomous city.
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  Along with the Canary Islands, Ceota was classified as a
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  free port before Spain joined the European Union. Its population
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  is predominantly Spanish Christians and Arab Muslims, with a small
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  minority of Sephardic Jews and Cindhi Hindus from pre partition India.
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  Spanish is the official language of Ceuta. Darreha Arabic is
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  also widely spoken. That's it for now. See the episode
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  notes for Wikipedia sources and licensing. Thank you.