Two Cities With a Tangled History

Ceuta, Spain, and Fnideq, Morocco, are physically separated by only a mile, but they are intertwined by family and trade. A recent border crisis is the latest chapter in their story.

By Ben Hubbard, Carlos Barragán, Aida Alami and Sergey Ponomarev

Ceuta crisis: 'Morocco does not just need a new development plan, but a new social contract'

At the end of July, nearly 50,000 migrants from Morocco entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Rather than a migration crisis, this should be seen as a failure of the pact set up by Morocco's elites, argues economist Jamal Bouoiyour.

Hundreds in Morocco gather near Ceuta border in anxious wait for missing loved ones

People hope to see friends or relatives among those still returning as death toll from mass crossing nears 100 Hundreds of people have gathered in the northern Moroccan town of Fnideq, near the border with Spain’s Ceuta, flashing photos of their missing loved ones to passersby in the hope of tracking them down. Their perch was the same small tranche of land that made headlines around the world last week as extraordinary scenes emerged of about 72,000 people making their way into Ceuta, a tiny...

By Soraya Aybar Laafou in Fnideq and Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

How a social media campaign triggered huge migrant surge on Ceuta

Following a court ruling protecting migrants swimming to Ceuta the previous week, accounts called on thousands to go.

Fact check: Did misleading claims about Spain's migration law trigger the Ceuta crisis?

More than 70 people died after thousands of migrants tried to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. The crossings have been linked to misleading claims about a recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling.

Spanish police ‘identify multiple suspected jihadists’ among 60,000 migrants who stormed border into Ceuta

Authorities estimate that between 3,000 and 5,000 people remain in the enclave after last week’s crossing

By James C. Reynolds

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

By Bárbara Ayuso

Ceuta Marks a New Age of Migration: a fresh frontier for hybrid geopolitical threats

By Maj Gen (retd) Prof G G Dwivedi

The viral videos that inspired tens of thousands to swim from Morocco to Spain’s Ceuta

Last week’s rush of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta began with a trickle. Encouraged by a handful of viral videos, ​including some posted by a Spanish news outlet intended to highlight the burden of migration pressures, the movement of a few dozen youths quickly turned into ‌tens of thousands swimming en masse by last Thursday. More than 80 people drowned or were crushed in a stampede, according to official tallies. A catalyst came three weeks earlier, when Spain’s Supreme Court pu...

By none@none.com (Reuters)

EU seeks tougher migration response after Ceuta ‘invasion’

Interior ministers discuss tougher action against smuggling networks, closer co-operation with Morocco and enhanced border security

By Amina Ismail

Nick Shirley's New Video Dismantles The Left's Narrative On Ceuta's Migrant Crisis

Nick Shirley's New Video Dismantles The Left's Narrative On Ceuta's Migrant Crisis Authored by Aaron Hanscom via PJ Media, Intrepid investigative journalist Nick Shirley isn't one to shrink from danger. He had to escape from Cuba when spies followed him during his trip to the communist island and was forced to hire 24/7 security after exposing Somali fraud in Minneapolis. In his latest video, Shirley once again finds himself in serious peril when a Muslim man chases him through...

By Tyler Durden

Poland calls for EU to deny residence to migrants who enter illegally

It said the EU could learn from Poland's own experience of preventing "weaponised" migration from Belarus.

By Olivier Sorgho