Ceuta migrant crossing leaves two Moroccan youths injured, one dead

Two young women from Tetuán, Morocco – 17‑year‑old Lina and 18‑year‑old Leila – joined a group of ten migrants attempting to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Four reached the Spanish side; one of the swimmers drowned, and the others were rescued or turned back. Lina was pulled back to the Moroccan beach of Fnideq with injuries to her leg and arm, now using a crutch, and says she will keep trying to enter Spain. Leila succeeded in reaching Ceuta and was taken in by a local family, but the hosts have asked her to leave, and she says she does not want to return to Morocco. The incident highlights the growing migration crisis on the Morocco‑Ceuta border, with families on both sides awaiting news of loved ones.