Ceuta leader accuses Morocco over ‘atrocity’ of mass border crossing
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Key context: <p>Juan Jesús Vivas says influx seen as ‘at least encouraged or permitted’ by Rabat, as Spain demands EU solidarity</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/ceuta-spain-eu-border-africa">Explainer: why is Ceuta a migration flashpoint?</a></p></li></ul><p>A growing chorus of voices have accused Morocco of helping to fuel the crisis in Ceuta, with the leader of the Spanish enclave describing last week’s border crossings as an attack on Spain’s territorial integrity that was seen as being “if not orchestrated, at least encouraged or permitted by Morocco”.</p><p>Spain’s interior ministry said late last week that 48,300 of the roughly 50,000 people who had turned up in Ceuta, a tiny Spanish territory in north Africa, had been sent back to Morocco. The extraordinary influx had <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/02/ceuta-border-crossing-spain-morocco">overwhelmed</a> the city of 84,000 and set off <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/01/spain-pedro-sanchez-calls-for-eu-meeting-ceuta-border-crossing">a political crisis</a> across the EU as some member states laid blame on Spain.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/03/ceuta-leader-border-crossing-morocco-spain">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Juan Jesús Vivas says influx seen as ‘at least encouraged or permitted’ by Rabat, as Spain demands EU solidarityExplainer: why is Ceuta a migration flashpoint?A growing chorus of voices have accused Morocco of helping to fuel the crisis in Ceuta, with the leader of the Spanish enclave describing last week’s border crossings as an attack on Spain’s territorial integrity that was seen as being “if not orchestrated, at least encouraged or permitted by Morocco”.Spain’s interior ministry said late last week that 48,300 of the roughly 50,000 people who had turned up in Ceuta, a tiny Spanish territory in north Africa, had been sent back to Morocco. The extraordinary influx had overwhelmed the city of 84,000 and set off a political crisis across the EU as some member states laid blame on Spain. Continue reading...
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