Migration Surge on the Spain-Morocco Border

Our Madrid bureau chief, Jason Horowitz, visits the coastal town of Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa where there has been an unprecedented influx of migrants crossing the border from Morocco.

By Jason Horowitz, Coleman Lowndes, Leila Medina and June Kim

Ceuta: Spain slams "selfish" EU partners

Almost all of the migrants who entered Spain’s enclave of Ceuta had left by Saturday, according to officials. An estimated 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco over just a few days, with at least 67 people losing their lives in the attempt. Spain has announced plans to install a 500-metre-long containment barrier along the sea border. Meanwhile, a majority of EU countries have called for emergency talks in an open letter to the bloc’s interior ministers. Matthew-Mary Caruch...

By FRANCE24

Spain slams ‘selfish’ reaction from some EU states to Ceuta

'The European Union cannot afford this kind of selfish, polarizing and unlawful reaction,' Sánchez wrote in a letter to European Council president

By Bloomberg News

60,000 Crossed Into Spain In 2 Days: What Happened To Them Next?

The surge of unauthorised arrivals came a week after around 1,800 people swam around a breakwater to enter Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco.

Death toll climbs to 67 in Ceuta border crisis with Morocco

The death toll from the border crisis in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta rose to 67 on Saturday, Spanish authorities said. The victims included migrants who drowned and...

EU leaders seek emergency talks over Ceuta border crisis

More than 20 European Union leaders have called for an urgent meeting of interior ministers after about 50,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. The crisis has also fuelled claims that Morocco, Israel and the United States sought to pressure Spain. The leaders sent a joint letter to European Council President António Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency.