Ceuta

Spain

Spain-Morocco land borders reopen for the first time in two years

The European Union's only land border with Africa had been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a diplomatic crisis between Madrid and Rabat.

17/05/2022

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Moroccan migrants queue to seek asylum in Spain

Hundreds of Moroccan migrants who recently crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta queued to potentially seek asylum and avoid deportation to Morocco.

03/06/2021

World News

Ceuta struggles to cope with influx of unaccompanied children

More than 8,000 migrants and asylum seekers crossed into the Spanish enclave in north Africa last week.

25/05/2021

Spain

Spanish enclave of Ceuta adjusts to latest migrant influx

Residents of Ceuta confront the sudden arrival of thousands of African migrants with sympathy, and concern, others with hostility.

22/05/2021

Spain

Ceuta: Europe ‘will not be intimidated’ on issue of migration, says EU

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has vowed to “restore order” after the influx of migrants entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, amid a diplomatic spat between the two sides.

18/05/2021

World

Court says Spain was right to deport migrants immediately

The European Court of Human Rights has backed Spain’s immediate deportation of two African migrants who tried to enter one of its African enclaves.

13/02/2020

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155 migrants jump fence from Morocco to Spanish exclave

A dozen Civil Guard officers were treated after they were mildly injured when knocked by stones and sticks.

30/08/2019

Spain

Shots fired at mosque in Spanish exclave Ceuta

Nobody was killed or injured in the attack, which happened at dawn as some worshippers were praying inside.

24/06/2019

Europe News

Spain's fence in North Africa

A fence more than eight kilometers long surrounds Ceuta, a Spanish enclave located in North Africa. Its objective is to prevent the arrival of migrants.

19/10/2018

Spain

EU looks at Spanish enclave Ceuta as a model for frontier control

Border with Morocco is target for would-be migrants

19/10/2018

Spain

Spain's Ceuta enclave held up as example of how to live with migrants

Behind the sensational headlines, Ceuta is very much like a normal Spanish town where residents have learnt to live in harmony with the incoming migrant population.

11/10/2018

Spain

Migrants storm fence at Spain's Ceuta enclave

Dozens were injured in what was described as an incursion of 'unprecedented violence'

26/07/2018