At least 72 people died during last week's mass influx of migrants into Spain's Ceuta enclave, when tens of thousands of people mostly swam around the border post from Morocco, local officials said on Sunday. Most of the estimated 60,000 people who rushed into Spain's north African territory have returned to Morocco since the territory's largest mass
The mass inflow of some 60,000 migrants (at the time of writing) breaching the borders of Spain’s North African enclaves, possibly encouraged by a recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling that prevents Spain immediately pushing back such migrants, has once again thrust migration into the spotlight. Some suspect Morocco, which claims the enclaves as its
When he heard the border had been breached, Abdulah Buji jumped on his motorbike and raced from his home in northern Morocco toward Ceuta, joining tens of thousands of people trying to swim into the tiny Spanish territory in North Africa. Like many of his fellow countrymen, Buji was inspired by the thought that this collective crossing could somehow
Prime Minister Robert Abela has joined 21 other European leaders in calling for urgent EU action following the mass arrival of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. In a letter addressed to European Council President António Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, the leaders asked Ireland,
After up to 60,000 migrants streamed into Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, most by Saturday have now left, according to officials. But the scenes have been seized upon by right-wing politicians as showing a weakness in EU border management, and raised questions about why Morocco allowed so many migrants to head to Ceuta's border
Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain's tiny Ceuta territory returned voluntarily to Morocco on Friday, a day after the influx triggered chaos in the North African city and reignited the immigration debate in Europe and beyond. At least 57 migrants died on the journey. Ceuta's president put the number of migrants at 60,000, which was
As of Friday afternoon, half of the migrants who crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta had returned to Morocco, Foreign Minister Chris Fearne said following a conversation with the Spanish Foreign Minister. In a post on X, Fearne said he spoke to Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares about the situation in Ceuta. Fearne said the minister
Some 60,000 migrants have entered Spain's Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours, Ceuta's president says. That is equivalent to 70% of the city's regular population. At least 34 migrants have died in the process. "The situation that Ceuta is going through is absolutely unsustainable," said Juan Jesús Vivas on Friday. The border crisis boiled over
Spain will deploy its military to restore order at its border with Morocco in Ceuta after thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny Spanish territory, with at least nine dying in the attempt. The announcement came after local authorities in Ceuta had asked the central government in Madrid for reinforcements to manage a border crisis that boiled
