Barcelona snub game in Morocco over Cueta migrant influx

Barcelona on Thursday said they would not contest a friendly in Tangiers due to "uncertainty", a week after an unprecedented migrant rush from Morocco to Spain's territory of Ceuta.

Barcelona on Thursday said they would not contest a friendly in Tangiers due to "uncertainty", a week after an unprecedented migrant rush from Morocco to Spain's territory of Ceuta.

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Tens of thousands of people have travelled across the Moroccan border into Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on the North African coast.

'Morocco has given me nothing': The young migrants risking everything to reach Ceuta Olivia Hooper on Thu, 08/06/2026 - 09:23 Thousands of Moroccans fleeing economic despair risked their lives to reach Ceuta, only to face forced deportations A boy on the beach at the Morocco-Ceuta border,