Ceuta’s crisis: The border held; Europe's trust did not

Ceuta’s crisis: The border held; Europe's trust did not  euractiv.com

The activists claimed that they remained within Lebanese territory for hours before they were located by authorities and transferred to the Israel Police.

The two Spanish enclaves in North Africa remain at the centre of a diplomatic standoff between Spain and Morocco.

Minister tells reporters least 75 people died after EU ministers meet to discuss response to the crisis Meanwhile, the European Commission said it was “monitoring very closely” the situation in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania as the region faces an energy crunch caused by the ongoing heatwave and drought. Energy spokespe

The sight of 60,000 Moroccans breaking into Spanish territory adds to the "invasion" narrative troubling the European imagination.

Last week, 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave Morocco behind.

Communist China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday fretted that last week’s invasion of migrants from Morocco to Ceuta, Spain might have “provided fresh ammunition for Europe's rising right-wing parties, allowing them to further weaponize migration as a political issue.”

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.

Hundreds of migrant children are stranded in Spain’s Ceuta after mass crossing  AP News

The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave Morocco behind.The tragic story of a 17-year-old from Tangier is represe

CEUTA, Spain (AP) — The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave Morocco behind.The tragic story of a 17-year-old fro