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Five arrests as police bust migrant smuggling ring charging €9,000 from Ceuta to mainland Spain

News Desk21st August 202621st August 2026

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Spanish police have arrested five people in two separate investigations into alleged migrant smuggling operations transporting people from Ceuta to mainland Spain, with passengers reportedly...

Ceuta police clear migrants from Trampolín beach and move them to temporary shelters

News Desk20th August 202621st August 2026

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Spanish police have cleared migrants who had been sleeping rough around Trampolín beach and Loma Colmenar in Ceuta, transferring them to temporary reception facilities established...

Thousands remain in Ceuta as Spain moves to expand emergency accommodation

News Desk18th August 202620th August 2026

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Spain is to open four temporary accommodation facilities in Ceuta with space for 1,500 migrants, as authorities attempt to ease pressure on the North African...

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

News Desk16th August 202618th August 2026

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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...

EU, Meta and TikTok join forces after deadly mass rush to Spain’s Ceuta border

News Desk11th August 202616th August 2026

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Over 100 people were killed after tens of thousands of would-be migrants attempted to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco late last month,...

Thousands rally in Ceuta demanding urgent action as migration crisis deepens

News Desk10th August 202616th August 2026

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Thousands of people gathered in Ceuta on Sunday in a major demonstration calling for an urgent response to the autonomous city’s migration crisis, with organisers...

Spain imposes reciprocal border checks on Italy as Schengen dispute escalates

News Desk7th August 202612th August 2026

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Report updated on 8 August to include Spain’s reciprocal measures. Spain has announced temporary border checks on travellers arriving from Italy in retaliation for Rome’s...

International crackdown breaks up vast Spain-Algeria migrant trafficking operation

News Desk7th August 202612th August 2026

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A major international police operation led by Spain has dismantled what investigators describe as one of the largest organised criminal networks operating migrant smuggling routes...

Spain accelerates plans to redistribute unaccompanied migrant children from Ceuta

News Desk7th August 202611th August 2026

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Spain’s government expects to begin transferring unaccompanied migrant children from the overcrowded North African enclave of Ceuta to mainland Spain within the next few weeks,...

Guardia Civil say online campaign points to another possible Ceuta crossing on 15 August

News Desk7th August 202610th August 2026

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Spanish police are assessing the possibility of another large-scale attempt to enter the North African enclave of Ceuta later this month after identifying an active...

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