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Spain, Morocco square off after 8,000 migrants arrive by sea

by Renata BritoAritz Parra
| May 20, 2021 12:03 AM

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday and expelled nearly half of the thousands of migrants who jumped fences or swam onto European soil over two days after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic spat.

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