Migrants Attempt Dangerous Crossing to Spain
So you can see, there's still 50 to 100 people in the ocean
right there who are trying to make their way ashore
on that beach just opposite us. This is quite a dangerous swim.
Dozens have died making it so far over the last 48 hours.
Did you cross the Amparoca? Huh? Did you cross the Amparoca?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you came in, so you're wet, and you were wearing a mask.
Did you swim? Oh, oh my God, yeah, oh my—
So they're telling us that they haven't eaten since they arrived yesterday, swimming here from Morocco.
They're now saying that they're either trying to get food here,
or they may voluntarily return back to Morocco because they haven't eaten at all.
So there's now a few people who have offered us money or asked to be taken back to the Moroccan border.
Spanish authorities say that 25,000 migrants who have crossed— into Ceuta have already crossed back into Morocco voluntarily.
If you want to record, start from the roundabout.
So all of the stream of people is continuing to go this way and it's been mostly peaceful.
You have troops set up that are ushering people who are going back
into Morocco voluntarily and they're telling us that we now have
to get out of the way so we can allow people to keep coming through.
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