Migrants, refugees swim from Morocco to Spain’s Ceuta enclave

More than 100 people including children made the perilous journey, some of whom used swimming rings and rubber dinghies.

More than 100 people, including two families with children, swam overnight from Morocco to enter the neighbouring Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday, according to local authorities. The migrants and refugees set off from beaches south of Ceuta and were detained when they entered the tiny Spanish territory, according to a spokesman for the Guardia Civil police force. They were mostly young men, but children and women were also among the arrivals, said a spokesman for the Spanish government delegation in Ceuta.