The facts
In May 2021, roughly 8,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in about 48 hours, one of the largest single surges on record.
Ceuta and Melilla are the only European Union land borders on the African continent, separated from Morocco by fences up to 10 meters high.
Spain deployed army troops and returned thousands of migrants to Morocco within days of the 2021 Ceuta crossing, according to the Spanish Interior Ministry.
The EU pledged roughly 500 million euros to Morocco between 2014 and 2020 in part to help manage migration flows toward Europe.
Morocco's youth unemployment rate stood above 30% in recent years, according to the country's High Commission for Planning.
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