AP
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente announced his Nations League squad from Ceuta on Friday in a show of support for the Spanish city in northern Africa that has become the center of a migration crisis. For his first squad announcement since Spain won the World Cup , De la Fuente revealed his list in a video featuring him in Ceuta accompanied by residents of the Spanish exclave.
In late July, over 70,000 people pushed across the border from Morocco, with more than 100 dying in the chaos. Most quickly returned, but a few thousand remain in the city of just over 80,000. De la Fuente did not directly mention the border crossing or its impact, but he did say: “This is Ceuta, this is Spain.”