Morocco and Spain deploy forces at border amid online calls for new mass incursion into Ceuta
Spanish authorities are also working to speed up the removal of the 5,000 irregular migrants still in the city following the influx of July 30 and 31
The children at the center of Ceuta’s migration debate share their dreams for the future
Young migrants living in a makeshift camp in the Spanish exclave city discuss their hopes in letters to those who oppose taking them in
The same crisis in Ceuta in a different world
Europe needs a more mature conversation about immigration, one that turns its current vulnerability into resilience
The hoaxes that fostered the migrant avalanche in Ceuta: ‘The door is open’
A study by a Moroccan researcher who followed the crisis in real time shows that online videos of the first successful crossings had millions of views and increased the tide of young people flocking to the border
Neighborhood patrols encourage outbreaks of violence against migrants in Ceuta
EL PAÍS gains access to WhatsApp groups coordinating sweeps against foreigners in the Spanish exclave
Trampolín beach: The open‑air refuge in Ceuta for migrants resisting in search of asylum
Hundreds of people are crowded in a small cove in the city, waiting for asylum that never comes
‘See you there on August 15′: Thousands of Moroccans debate a new mass influx into Ceuta
On WhatsApp and Facebook, advice, taunts and requests circulate among Moroccan youngsters over a possible new assault on the Spanish border
Desperate to find their missing kids, Moroccan families turn to same social platforms that encouraged exodus to Ceuta
The revelation that Prime Minister Ajanuch allegedly took a private trip to Mallorca in the middle of the migration crisis has sparked outrage in Moroccan media
Barricades and patrols in Ceuta to push out the migrants who resist returning to Morocco: ‘There are still some left’
Many young arrivals are being driven out of neighborhoods by residents and soldiers, and hiding in an area of water reservoirs and woodland
Trump administration lashes out at Spain over Ceuta migration crisis
The US president speaks about the recent influx of people into the Spanish enclave in Africa: ‘Remember that picture. That’s going to be us in three years if the wrong side gets in’
Thousands of people return to Morocco after crossing the border into Ceuta
Spanish soldiers have joined the police and Civil Guard officers at the Spanish exclave in North Africa, and authorities say 48,300 people out of an estimated 50,000 have already returned home voluntarily
Over 40,000 irregular migrants have entered Ceuta in the past 24 hours
In the previous major crisis in the city, in 2021, estimates put the number of people who breached border controls at somewhere over 10,000
‘Not Morocco!’ Thousands of migrants enter Ceuta and beg not to be sent back
The human tide crossing the border transformed the Spanish exclave city in a matter of hours, turning it into a scene of confusion that authorities struggled to control
Spanish police warn of collapse in Ceuta over mass migrant influx from Morocco: ‘We are overwhelmed’
The exclave city’s local leader, Juan Vivas, has called on Spain’s central government to help, calling the situation ‘a total humanitarian and social emergency.’ In recent days police have recovered more than 25 bodies of migrants who drowned trying to swim to the city
The ‘Narco-Architect’ who designed tunnels to bring hashish from Morocco into Spain
Police talk about a ‘complex underground infrastructure’ similar to a mine, complete with pulleys, cranes, rails and carts to transport the drug on behalf of ‘a very, very powerful’ organization
The Iberian Peninsula is rotating clockwise, scientists report
New data shows how the approach of the African and Eurasian plates is forcing displacement that will eventually close the Mediterranean Sea
The unstoppable clone army of invasive Asian seaweed ravaging the Spanish coast
A single ‘Rugulopteryx okamurae’ can form up to 600 copies of itself, and its steady advance shows no signs of slowing, with devastating effects for local biodiversity
Mass arrests and forced transfers: How migrants are exiled in North Africa with European money
An investigation by EL PAÍS with Lighthouse Reports reveals how Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia use European financing to detain and forcibly displace migrants and refugees. The victims are primarily Black people. The objective: prevent them from reaching Europe
Political crisis in Senegal triggers influx of migrants to Spain’s Canary Islands
In the last six weeks alone, 19 boats from West Africa have landed in the Spanish archipelago. In the whole of 2022, only three arrived
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