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Spain orders investigation into alleged military abuse of migrants in Ceuta

News Desk30th September 20265th October 2026

30th September 20265th October 2026686

Spain’s Defence Ministry has referred allegations of torture and mistreatment of migrants in Ceuta to prosecutors and ordered an internal military investigation, following an Amnesty...

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

News Desk28th September 20265th October 2026

28th September 20265th October 2026551

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...

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

News Desk16th September 202622nd September 2026

16th September 202622nd September 2026942

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...

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 2026650

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 20261636

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...

Spain moves to grant citizenship to Sahrawis born during its rule of Western Sahara

News Desk11th September 202616th September 2026

11th September 202616th September 20261159

The Spanish Congress has approved legislation that would provide a route to Spanish citizenship for tens of thousands of Sahrawis born when Western Sahara was...

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

News Desk8th September 202614th September 2026

8th September 202614th September 20261103

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 20261587

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...

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

News Desk4th September 20268th September 2026

4th September 20268th September 20261327

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 20261768

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...

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