Von der Leyen offers Morocco more EU support days after Ceuta border breach
The Commission President told Pedro Sánchez that Rabat remained a strategic partner as EU interior ministers prepared for emergency talks.
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Spanish defence minister breaks ranks to demand Morocco investigate Ceuta crossings
Robles hardened Madrid's tone on Rabat and defended the intelligence services her Interior colleague said had failed to warn him.
Spanish Supreme Court judges round on Sánchez over Ceuta blame
Members of the court say the mass entry into the exclave was a political failure and not a judicial one.
Ceuta stays under armoured patrol as Sánchez declares crisis reversed
The Interior Ministry put returns to Morocco at 48,300 by July 31, though reporting from the city described migrants still sleeping rough on beaches and hiding in…
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Morocco has a project, Spain has none
Morocco's strategic ambitions are thriving as it seeks to extend its influence in the western Atlantic, while Spain's lack of a cohesive project diminishes its geopolitical…
Von der Leyen demands immediate halt to Ceuta crossings and swift returns
The European Commission has offered Spain reinforcements through Frontex, though Madrid has yet to ask for them.
Sweden tells Spain to regain control of Ceuta and warns it is ready to act
Ulf Kristersson has invoked Sweden's own 2015 experience in pressing Madrid not to let the crossings go unanswered.
Sánchez calls Ceuta entry “an attack, a violation of the territorial integrity of Spain”
The Prime Minister blamed smuggling networks for the mass crossing though he directed no criticism at Rabat.
France deploys rapid border force and tightens checks at Spanish bodrder over Ceuta crossings
The force was created in 2023 under then prime minister Élisabeth Borne and first deployed in the Alpes-Maritimes department on the Italian border.
Netherlands tells Spain to protect EU external border after Ceuta crossings
Tom Berendsen's intervention has made the Netherlands the second EU government in two days to press Madrid in public.
Finns Party ministers back Meloni’s call to suspend Schengen with Spain
Mari Rantanen and Riikka Purra said member states that failed to guard the external border should lose their place in the passport-free zone.
Farage blames Spain’s migrant amnesty for Ceuta crisis
The Reform UK leader has said many of those pouring into the Spanish enclave will head for Calais and then Britain.
Facebook groups and a rumour of an open border drive the Ceuta crossing
Swim distances, diving fins and taxi routes to the frontier circulated in public groups for weeks before thousands converged on Fnideq.
It’s not immigration, it’s an invasion: Thousands breach the Spanish border into Ceuta
Madrid refused to declare a national emergency and sent troops to secure the city rather than the frontier.
Spain summons Italian ambassador over call to close Schengen
Madrid says the Ceuta crossings stem from a Supreme Court ruling and not from its regularisation of undocumented migrants.
Meloni threatens to suspend Schengen with Spain over Ceuta crossings
Rome's threat has opened a diplomatic rift with Madrid, which summoned the Italian ambassador in protest.
Ceuta demands national emergency declaration as migrant arrivals surge
More than 1,500 people have reached the Spanish enclave by sea in little over a week, leaving centres for unaccompanied minors running at 16 times their capacity.