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

News Desk11th September 202614th September 2026

11th September 202614th September 2026866

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 2026687

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...

Trump warns Spain ‘will be a ruined country’ as Ceuta crisis takes international turn

News Desk4th September 20268th September 2026

4th September 20268th September 20261046

US President Donald Trump has waded into the escalating dispute over Ceuta, warning that Spain ‘will be a ruined country’ following the mass arrival of...

Tens of thousands rally across Spain in support of Ceuta as crisis fuels anger at Sánchez government

News Desk3rd September 20267th September 2026

3rd September 20267th September 20261318

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain on Wednesday in a nationwide show of support for Ceuta, as the continuing fallout...

Morocco stops new mass attempt to reach Ceuta as almost 300 migrants detained

News Desk16th August 202618th August 2026

16th August 202618th August 20261173

Moroccan security forces say they have intercepted almost 300 people attempting to reach the border with the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, amid a major security...

Spain installs sea barrier as Ceuta slowly returns to normality and death toll rises to 72

News Desk2nd August 20264th August 2026

2nd August 20264th August 20261751

ALSO READ: Ceuta crisis sparks emergency EU meeting requests as Sánchez rejects Schengen criticism. Spain has begun installing a floating sea barrier along part of...

Ceuta faces new migration emergency after mass border crossings from Morocco

News Desk30th July 20262nd August 2026

30th July 20262nd August 20262667

LATEST: Spain installs sea barrier as Ceuta slowly returns to normality and death toll rises to 72. ALSO READ: Ceuta crisis sparks emergency EU meeting requests...

Spanish police uncover sophisticated drug tunnel network linking Ceuta and Morocco

News Desk31st March 202612th May 2026

31st March 202612th May 20261622

Spain’s National Police have dismantled a major international drug trafficking network after uncovering a highly sophisticated underground tunnel system in the North African exclave of...

Hundreds of migrants try to swim from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta

News Desk27th August 20245th September 2024

27th August 20245th September 20245418

Thousands of migrants have attempted to cross the border from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in the last few days, including hundreds of...

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez heads to West Africa as migrant arrivals surge

News Desk26th August 20242nd September 2024

26th August 20242nd September 20242865

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez sets off on a three-day visit to West Africa on Tuesday, as his left-wing coalition government grapples with a major upsurge...

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