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‘I want to help my family’: Crying refugee boy who swam to Ceuta with bottles strapped to body tells story The i 1 hour ago Graham Keeley © Provided by The i Aschraf Sabir cries as he swims from Morocco to Spain using bottles as a float, after thousands of migrants swam across the border to Ceuta (Photo: Reuters/Jon Nazca) The harrowing sight of a crying boy swimming the Mediterranean held up by plastic bottles strapped to his body moved many around the world. “Try to understand us,” Aschraf Sabir, 16, called out to Spanish soldiers who captured him when he swam f...

Parents could face school fines for holidaying in ‘amber-list’ countries at half term The i 13 hrs ago Will Hazell © Provided by The i Parents going on holiday to 'amber-list' countries at half term could be fined if their children miss school on their return (Photo: Reuters/Jon Nazca) Parents going on holiday to “amber-list” countries at half term could leave themselves open to being served with fines if it means their children miss school when they get back.  Headteachers urged families not to holiday in countries on the list over the break, “however...

More than 6,000 people, an estimated 1,500 of them children, have crossed into Spain's northern African enclave of Ceuta since Monday, in an unprecedented influx that left Spanish officials scrambling to cope with a humanitarian and diplomatic...

UPDATE 4-Migrants push for Spain's Ceuta again after border tightened Reuters 5 hrs ago * Hundreds try again to swim or climb into enclave * Thousands expelled after 8,000 enter since Monday * Spain says some arrivals as young as seven * Morocco helps block migrants from Ceuta * Crisis seen as triggered by Western Sahara dispute (Adds latest events at the border) By Mariano Valladolid and Ahmed Eljechtimi CEUTA, Spain/FNIDEQ, Morocco, May 19 (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants tried to force their way past tightened security into Ceuta on Wednesday, as Spain pressed on with the expulsion of th...

By Jon Nazca and Belén Carreño CEUTA/MADRID, May 19 (Reuters) - Spain's government pleaded with mainland regions on Wednesday to relieve crammed reception centres for minors in the North African enclave of Ceuta where some 1,500 children and teenagers crossed this week from Morocco. A source familiar with the talks said the Social Rights Ministry had held an emergency meeting on the issue where it asked regional authorities to accept hundreds of unaccompanied minors who had arrived before the latest surge. "The regions have shown solidarity with the migration crisis and are positive about t...