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- About 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Spain’s enclave Ceuta on Thursday, roughly 70 % of its population.
- The death toll rose to at least 43 by Friday after nine corpses were found Thursday.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said smugglers misinterpreted the Supreme Court ruling barring summary deportations of sea-intercepted migrants.
- Juan Jesús Vivas urged a state of emergency while Spain sent troops and Morocco deployed border officers and water-cannon trucks.
