41 migrants found dead off Ceuta coast

The number of illegal migrants from Morocco who died while attempting to enter Spain's autonomous city of Ceuta has risen to 41, Report informs via Spanish media outlets.

Earlier, Juan Jesús Vivas Lara, Mayor-President of Ceuta, stated that in recent hours around 60,000 migrants had arrived in the city.

Sources in Spain's Interior Ministry estimate that by midday, about 25,000 of them voluntarily returned to Morocco.