Hundreds of children stranded at Spanish enclave of Ceuta

Humanitarian crisis unfolds in Spanish enclave after hundreds of unaccompanied minors cross from Morocco.

With Ceuta’s border apparently under control after mass crossings of migrants and refugees from neighbouring Morocco this week, attention turned on Thursday to the plight of hundreds of unaccompanied children stranded in and outside the Spanish enclave. Hundreds of unaccompanied children were crammed into charity-run warehouses for a 10-day compulsory quarantine under police watch in the North African territory, which has become the focal point of one of the biggest diplomatic spats between Madrid and Rabat in recent years. Some climbed onto the buildings’ roofs to escape.