A Moroccan ship patrols the waters between Spain and Morocco, after thousands of Moroccans swam across the Spanish-Moroccan border on Monday, near Ceuta, Spain, May 18, 2021. — Reuters picMADRID, May 18 — Spain returned to Morocco 1,500 of some 6,000 migrants who entered its Ceuta enclave as hundreds more tried to reach its other north African enclave today, prompting the premier to cancel a Paris trip.
The unprecedented number of arrivals, which occurred at a time of tension in Madrid’s ties with Rabat, prompted Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to cancel a trip to Paris later on Tuesday where he was to attend an Africa financing summit, the government said.
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