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Spain, Morocco square off after 7,000 migrants arrive by sea

by Renata BritoAritz Parra
| May 18, 2021 9:06 AM

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday as thousands of migrants jumped fences or swam onto European soil for the second day in a row after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic spat.

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