Spain’s Ceuta receives thousands of people who cross from Morocco illegally in the past days, followed by large-scale returns. According to multiple reports citing Spanish and related figures, about 60,000 people enter Ceuta during the recent period described as beginning in the early hours of Friday. As authorities respond to the mass arrivals, large numbers are moved back to Morocco. Euronews reports that some 25,000 of the roughly 60,000 people who have crossed illegally into Ceuta since Friday’s early hours have already been returned to Morocco. Other outlets, also citing announcements by the Spanish government, report a higher figure: at least 48,000 of the 60,000 people are said to have returned by Friday evening. The reporting thus indicates that returns occur rapidly and that the number already sent back continues to rise over the day. The accounts agree on the scale of crossings into Ceuta and the immediate start of return movements to Morocco, but they differ in the specific count of how many have returned at the time of each report.