Melilla

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

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.

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