Spain Says ‘Vast Majority’ of Ceuta Migrants Have Returned

Spain’s foreign minister said nearly everyone who illegally crossed into the African enclave of Ceuta last week has left, pledging to return “every last” person to Morocco.

By Macarena Muñoz

The Guardian view on events in Ceuta: chaos and tragedy are weaponised by the far right | Editorial

Instead of finger-pointing at Spain, mainstream EU leaders should be showing solidarity with its prime minister, Pedro Sánchez At least 72 people are believed to have died late last week, most of them drowned or crushed as they joined tens of thousands of others in attempting to swim from Moroccan waters to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Yet the scale of that human tragedy has barely registered, as Donald Trump has decried an “invasion” while European politicians exploit the crisis to serve th...

By Editorial

Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain's Ceuta after mass crossing

Did Morocco allow thousands of migrants to cross into a Spanish enclave, and if so, why?

According to witnesses interviewed by AFP, thousands of people who flocked to the border town of Fnideq were not stopped by blockades

By AFP

Explained: Why Morocco is accused of allowing migrants into Spain’s Ceuta

Witnesses and experts have suggested to AFP that an easing of controls by Morocco in the border area of Ceuta contributed to the recent mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave. The post Explained: Why Morocco is accused of allowing migrants into Spain’s Ceuta appeared first on Vanguard News.

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