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Morocco says it warned Spain after court ruling on migration

Spain's Supreme Court ruled on 8 July that migrants arriving by sea should not be returned as quickly as others and Madrid has blamed criminal gangs for spreading misinformation about the ruling.

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Social media rumours spark biggest migration crisis between Morocco and Spain in years

Viral posts about opening the Spanish border pushed thousands of Moroccans towards Ceuta, exposing serious control failures. Several migrants say they were told they could cross and insist it was not traffickers who led them there.

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Boat and jet ski crossings reported from Ceuta to mainland Spain

Following the mass arrivals in Ceuta, Spanish authorities say they are seeing a rise in suspected clandestine crossings by boat and jet ski from the North African enclave across the Strait of Gibraltar to mainland Spain.

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Thousands of migrants, including more than 860 minors, remain in Ceuta

Juan Vivas, the president of Ceuta, estimates that between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in the city four days after the mass influx from Morocco.

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Ceuta crisis sparks protests as Spanish government faces criticism

Despite the tense atmosphere, protesters and counterprotesters in Ceuta's Plaza de los Reyes gradually dispersed without the need for a larger police intervention.

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Ceuta explained: How Spain's biggest migration crisis unfolded

The mass arrival of over 70,000 people from Morocco in the Spanish enclave within hours raises questions about the real causes of the border collapse, the diplomatic tensions with Rabat and Washington, and the strategic role of the Strait of Gibraltar.

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Ceuta crisis prompts EU ministers to consider internal border checks

EU interior ministers will assess at a meeting on Tuesday whether to reintroduce tighter internal border checks across Europe in response to the Ceuta crisis.

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'We demand solidarity,' Spain says ahead of EU talks on migration

At least 88 people died during the recent mass influx of migrants into Ceuta from Morocco, Spanish officials said on Monday, though Moroccan officials later presented a lower estimate.

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Hard-right Reform UK party vows to use navy to stop small boats

Britain and France signed a new three-year deal in April to stop irregular migrants making the risky Channel journeys, with London paying Paris up to €766 million in return for boosted law enforcement of the issue.

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At least 88 dead in Ceuta migrant rush, Spanish officials say

Most of the estimated 60,000 people who rushed into Spain's north African territory, most by swimming, have returned to Morocco since the territory's largest mass migrant crossing.

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Morocco says initial probe shows 11 people died trying to reach Ceuta

Rabat said its figures only reflect migrants who died while attempting to rush into Spain's north African exclave, but are working with Spanish authorities to identify all fatalities, including those in Ceuta.

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Ceuta: more migrants leave but residents still in shock

Santiago Abascal, the leader of the far-right party Vox, visited the city today and accused the government of being in thrall to Morocco.

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Spain received intelligence warnings about Ceuta according a report

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has described the mass crossing of migrants as a "violation of Spain's territorial integrity". Internal sources of the spanish media 'The Objective' confirms that intel reports existed before the crisis. The Spanish government denied it.

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Italy brings in border checks for arrivals from Spain: what changes

Italy has reintroduced checks on travellers arriving from Spain after the Ceuta crisis. ID checks are carried out at Italian ports and airports for non-EU citizens; here is how.

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Ceuta returns to normality 'with caution'

Ceuta's annual festivities in honour of its patron saint, the Virgin of Africa, were cancelled on Saturday as the city grappled with the aftermath of the migration crisis. After more than 24 hours of lockdown, shops and restaurants have cautiously reopened.

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Vast majority of illegal entries in Ceuta returned to Morocco, EU says

After around 60,000 irregular migrants entered the Ceuta Spanish enclave in North Africa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said this Saturday that "the vast majority of those who arrived illegally have returned to Morocco."

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22 EU leaders call for emergency talks over Ceuta migrant crisis

The letter came as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hit out at some EU members over their response to the crisis.

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Ceuta situation returns to normal as death toll climbs to 67

Under the watch of Spanish soldiers and police, the last remaining young migrants continued crossing back over the border to Morocco on Saturday morning.

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Sánchez slams reaction to Ceuta crisis in letter to Von der Leyen

In a letter, Sánchez laments what he describes as a lack of EU solidarity driven by "prejudice, misinformation and attacks" for political gain.

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Ceuta migrant crisis sparks strong reactions from all over Europe

"We will not yield an inch", "a failure of EU's migration policies", "demagoguery": the migrant crisis in Ceuta has sparked strong reactions from EU countries and political figures. Some are calling for Spain's suspension from the Schengen zone, others call these "instrumental attacks".