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Ceuta government delegate resigns after migrant influx, citing harassment and pressure on his family

News Desk28th September 20265th October 2026

28th September 20265th October 2026699

Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano, the Spanish government’s delegate in Ceuta, resigned on Monday, almost two months after thousands of people crossed into the city from...

Thousands march in Madrid over Ceuta crisis, demanding early election and migrant returns

News Desk26th September 20261st October 2026

26th September 20261st October 20261496

Thousands of people marched through central Madrid on Saturday to protest against the Spanish government’s handling of the migration crisis in Ceuta and demand an...

Spain will not ‘turn migrants into the enemy’, Sánchez tells UN as he highlights Ceuta crisis

News Desk24th September 202629th September 2026

24th September 202629th September 20261293

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez used an address to the United Nations in New York on Wednesday night to defend Spain’s handling of the migration...

Thousands of migrants return to Ceuta beaches after port reception camps reach capacity

News Desk18th September 202623rd September 2026

18th September 202623rd September 20261261

Thousands of migrants were left without accommodation in Ceuta on Friday after two temporary reception areas in the city’s port reached their combined capacity of...

Von der Leyen proposes new EU migration emergency framework after Ceuta crisis

News Desk16th September 202622nd September 2026

16th September 202622nd September 20261099

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed a new EU emergency mechanism allowing greater temporary flexibility in migration procedures following the mass arrival...

Spain and Italy extend border checks as diplomatic row over Ceuta deepens

News Desk16th September 202623rd September 2026

16th September 202623rd September 20261063

Spain and Italy have again extended reciprocal border controls for another 15 days following the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta this summer, as an...

Sánchez dismisses Morocco blackmail claims as fit for ‘a Netflix series’ as Ceuta crisis continues

News Desk15th September 202621st September 2026

15th September 202621st September 2026760

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has dismissed claims that his government is being blackmailed by Morocco as material better suited to ‘a Netflix series’, while...

Spain had warnings of mass migrant crossings into Ceuta, but not their scale, documents reveal

News Desk11th September 202615th September 2026

11th September 202615th September 20261855

Spain’s intelligence and security services had detected mounting migration pressure and received warnings of possible coordinated mass crossings into Ceuta before more than 70,000 people...

Spanish court to investigate deadly Ceuta migrant surge as possible ‘hybrid warfare’ operation

News Desk8th September 202614th September 2026

8th September 202614th September 20261311

Spain’s Audiencia Nacional (National Court) is to investigate the mass arrival of migrants into Ceuta at the end of July, after a judge ruled that...

Spain’s Ceuta crisis: Polls show widespread disapproval of Sánchez as PP and Vox pass 50%

News Desk7th September 202614th September 2026

7th September 202614th September 20261960

Nearly nine in 10 Spaniards hold Morocco responsible for the mass migrant crossings into Ceuta, while almost two-thirds rate socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s...

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