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Spanish government approves €309 million aid package for Ceuta

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Ceuta protests: government and media in the crosshairs

Ceuta has seen two days of protests over the migration crisis, with barricades and rubber bullets fired on Trampolin beach. Crews from La Sexta and RTVE were harassed while reporting, amid an escalation of tensions condemned by journalists' associations.

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Spain cuts estimate of minors in Ceuta to 1,500

Madrid is preparing to redistribute some of the minors across Spain as police found duplicate records had significantly inflated the figures.

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Spain to reform asylum laws in line with EU as Ceuta remains unsolved

Spain is set to reform its asylum laws as the Ceuta crisis remains unresolved. The European legislation aims to make it easier to reject asylum requests and accelerate returns, in line with demands from the bloc's hardline countries

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Spain convenes security council over Ceuta migrant crisis

Authorities are struggling to restore normality in the Spanish enclave as pressure mounts over migrant returns and the EU's response to the crisis.

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Migrants, rescue ships face threats at sea by Libyan groups, NGO says

The International Organisation for Migration said this month that the number of deaths in the Mediterranean had increased, while the number of migrants attempting the crossing had fallen because of tougher European policies.

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Migrant row: Ireland seeks returns to Italy, Sea Watch 5 detained in Naples

Tension over migration as Ireland backs the new EU Pact and seeks to return asylum seekers to first-entry states, including Italy, which stopped a German NGO ship.

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Sweden plans to send migrants to Italy, France and Spain reject Dublin transfers

After Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Finland, Sweden now also plans to return to Italy migrants who moved north after landing there. Eurostat says 109,427 transfer requests were sent to Rome between 2023 and 2025, a potential boomerang for Meloni's government.

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Ceuta plans second eviction after hundreds of migrants return to Trampolín beach

The government of Ceuta warns it will suspend beach-cleaning operations if migrants return following a second eviction attempt in just two days.

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Police decry conditions in Ceuta: One bathroom for 70 officers

Complaints about the conditions have already been formally submitted and the CEP expects measures to be taken as soon as possible to remedy the shortcomings and resolve the situation.

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Migrant charity says 11 bodies spotted in sea off Libya's coast

The EU border agency Frontex said the total number of irregular border crossings into the European Union fell by 26% in 2025 from the previous year to almost 178,000.

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Ceuta leader wants migrant detention centre after mass influx

Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an unprecedented and deadly rush between 30-31 July, with 70,000 having since returned to Morocco, according to Spanish government figures.

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Record 230 migrants cross English Channel in single small boat

Britain has been grappling with how to curb the perilous and politically contentious crossings, which in recent years have seen tens of thousands of migrants arriving annually on the shores of southeast England.

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Meloni, Frederiksen reiterate opposition to 'uncontrolled immigration'

Meloni and Frederiksen issued a joint statement rejecting "uncontrolled immigration," calling for third-country return hubs and citing shared European values they vowed to defend.

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Ceuta residents protest Madrid's response to recent migrant crisis

Hundreds of Ceuta residents gathered on Sunday to demand an “immediate, decisive and proportionate” response to the migration crisis, in a protest, organised by the city’s four religious communities.

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Rome-Madrid row: how Spain checks travellers arriving from Italy

Spain has introduced border checks for travellers arriving from Italy after Rome's measures over the Ceuta crisis, from IDs to trips with children and pets.

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Spain concerned over possible Ceuta migrant crossing on 15 August

A report by Spain's Civil Guard said that an active online campaign exists with the potential to mobilise people, but whether it will actually result in a mass crossing, how many people would be involved, and who is behind it all remain unknown.