00:00Hundreds of migrants are swimming from Morocco to the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta
00:05at the country's northern tip of overwhelming border security, according to local authorities.
00:11The leader of Ceuta's government said that in the last few days, more than 1,500 migrants,
00:16including adults and minors, have reached the island by the sea.
00:20He further said that the reception centres are collapsing and saturated.
00:24Authorities said migrants previously died in the attempt while 60 bodies being spotted at sea in the last year.
00:32Spain's Interior Ministry, which oversees borders and tracks irregular migration,
00:36will not confirm the number of crossing or say how many migrants had reached the territory by swimming.
00:42Those attempting the crossing are mainly Moroccans along with a small number of Algerians
00:47who had been living in Morocco while trying to migrate to Europe, according to activists in both Morocco and Ceuta.
00:52It was not clear what prompted so many migrants to swim to Ceuta.
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