Ceuta

Tens of thousands protested across Spain against PM Pedro Sánchez and immigration policy, demanding tighter borders after Ceuta.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: "There is no evidence to conclude that the Ceuta crossing was designed or executed by Moroccan authorities."

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

Europe must show solidarity. It was born to be based on solidarity, and it has to show solidarity in Lampedusa, in Greenland and in Ceuta.

Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez blamed Israel, Russia and the far right for spreading "disinformation" over 75,000 illegal migrants who crossed from Morocco into Ceuta in late July.

Italy is extending its suspension of EU Schengen free movement arrangements with Spain for a further 15 days, pushing past the current August 31 expiry date.

The extension follows a mass arrival of migrants crossing from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: Russia and Israel spread disinformation about the Ceuta crisis, according to an EU Foreign Service investigation.

Spanish police are relocating thousands of African migrants from Ceuta’s beaches and streets to temporary camps today.

EU Commission spokesperson: All migrants who entered Ceuta illegally are expected to be returned to Morocco.

Two weeks after the previous mass influx, thousands of Moroccan migrants are again attempting to enter Spain's Ceuta enclave.

Dozens of migrants trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta were intercepted by Moroccan authorities on Saturday.

Spain will begin passport and nationality checks on Italian travelers at midnight local time. The move responds to Italy's restrictions on Spanish nationals after last week's migrant influx in Ceuta. - Sky News

The U.S. reaffirmed it recognizes Ceuta and Melilla as Spanish, dismissing reports of a policy shift. Washington also criticized Sánchez's government over the migrant surge into Ceuta, urging Madrid to deport illegal migrants and restore border control. - POLITICO

Spain threatens measures against Italian tourists unless Rome lifts the border controls imposed after last week's migrant wave reached Ceuta.

Spain will start moving underage migrants who entered Ceuta from Morocco to the mainland within weeks, Youth Minister Sira Rego said.

"So far, 1,342 minors have registered. We give priority to girls, as well as boys and girls under the age of 13."

Spanish intelligence determined that Morocco did not plan the migrant surge into Ceuta but allowed it and drew political profit from the event, El País reports. Rabat saw the unplanned crisis as an opportunity, using it to press its claims over Ceuta and Melilla.

Moroccans chanting "Allahu Akbar" march through Ceuta, Spain.

EU's Von der Leyen: The EU "must do more" to secure its borders.

The Commission president pledged continued support to Spain on illegal migration, including stronger support to Morocco on Ceuta and Melilla.

Source: Reuters

Argentina's President Javier Milei on EU:

What happened in Ceuta? This is a deliberate policy of the European Union called multiculturalism. Europe bought every piece of woke nonsense.

They bought all of it without questioning any of it. Wokeism became the new religion. First it was the New Millennium Initiative, then Agenda 2030, now Agenda 2045.

They give them beautiful names that nobody could oppose, but the tools they use produce the exact opposite result.

Morocco’s interior ministry: About 40,000 attempt to enter Spanish enclave of Ceuta, around 1,135 into Melilla

Morocco has issued its first response to the Ceuta events, four days on.

Interior Ministry spokesman Rashid Al-Khalfi: the mass surge into the Spanish enclave was no accident, driven by exploitation of social media, the spread of "false information," human trafficking gangs, and "incorrect reliance on legal and administrative data" that led many Moroccans to believe they could reach EU territory easily and without legal consequences.

Morocco's Interior Ministry: 10 drowned and 1 died falling from a cliff during a mass crossing to Ceuta.

Migrants remain on the streets of Ceuta, Spain, despite Madrid saying nearly all had returned to Morocco.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez has called for an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers over the Ceuta migration crisis, filing a formal complaint to Brussels about how some member states responded.

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Several Moroccans told the New York Times that royal police encouraged them to cross into Ceuta, with some border guards telling migrants to "go that way" or "come to Spain."