Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Spain’s migrant crisis, a possible breakthrough in Gaza, and backlash over FIFA’s decision to sell minority stakes.

‘Absolutely Unsustainable’

In the past 24 hours, around 60,000 migrants in Morocco crossed the border into the tiny Spanish exclave of Ceuta, Spanish authorities reported on Friday. Although Madrid claims to have largely reversed the mass crossing, with an estimated 48,300 people returning to the North African country later that day, the migrant rush has inflamed far-right concerns that Spain is too lax on immigration.

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Spain’s migrant crisis, a possible breakthrough in Gaza, and backlash over FIFA’s decision to sell minority stakes.

‘Absolutely Unsustainable’

In the past 24 hours, around 60,000 migrants in Morocco crossed the border into the tiny Spanish exclave of Ceuta, Spanish authorities reported on Friday. Although Madrid claims to have largely reversed the mass crossing, with an estimated 48,300 people returning to the North African country later that day, the migrant rush has inflamed far-right concerns that Spain is too lax on immigration.

Ceuta has long been viewed as a gateway to the European Union. Containing one of only two EU land borders with Africa, the Spanish territory is no stranger to African migrants seeking a better life. But this week’s crossings appear to have reached an unprecedented scale, overwhelming local immigration services.

“The situation that Ceuta is going through is absolutely unsustainable,” Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas said on Friday, with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calling it “an attack on Spain’s territorial integrity.” The total number of migrants who entered Ceuta on Thursday and Friday was roughly equal to 70 percent of the territory’s entire population of around 85,000 people.

As Spain deployed armed forces to Ceuta to try to restore order, Moroccan security forces violently clashed with migrants hoping to cross the border by sea and land. Some individuals reported swimming several miles before being told to turn back, with local authorities firing tear gas, water cannons, and warning shots. At least 57 people died, including from drowning or stampedes.

“It’s a situation of absolute humanitarian and social emergency,” Vivas told local media, urging Madrid to declare a national emergency in Ceuta. Morocco has also urged........

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