Spain’s Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that migrants intercepted at sea while attempting to reach Ceuta or Melilla cannot be summarily returned under the enclaves’ special border-rejection regime.
The Guardia Civil spokesperson told Reuters: ‘It has been a slow trickle since the Supreme Court’s ruling,but today has been an explosion.’
Spain’s Interior Ministry said it was working closely with Morocco to address the surge in migrants.
They blamed people-smuggling networks for exploiting the Supreme Court’s ruling to encourage undocumented migration.
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