At least 18 die after breach of border between Morocco and Spanish territory of Ceuta

CEUTA, Spain -- At least 18 migrants died trying to reach the Spanish territory of Ceuta after thousands of people breached the frontier with Morocco and poured into the tiny Spanish territory.The border crisis boiled over Thursday and overnight. Spain's state broadcaster RTVE broadcast images of burned cars on the Moroccan side of the border after reported clashes.Rachid Sbihi, who leads a local workers association representing Civil Guard officers called the situation a “serious humanitarian crisis," saying thousands of migrants, including unaccompanied children, were left sleeping in parks and sidewalks, while others roamed the streets aimlessly.“People are still entering. The reinforcements that have arrived are only helping the injured and other humanitarian efforts,” he said. "It’s chaotic.”Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is expected to join Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska in a visit to Ceuta on Friday morning.Among the 18 who died, many drowned, Sbihi said, but some were also killed in a stampede to cross the breakwater fence at Tarajal beach, an urban beach near a border checkpoint with Morocco.Video footage on Thursday showed throngs of people, mainly Moroc...